Given name
Jehanne
Jehanne is a feminine given name from French. It is used in English and French.
Original FrenchJeanne
Meaning & origin
Jehanne’s family of names
In Middle French usage, Jehanne has a later derivative in Janice. In French usage, Jehanne has a related form in Jeanne. In Middle French usage, Jehanne has a conventional equivalent in the French form Jeanne.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Jehanne has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its French roots to each of them.
Frenchwhere Jehanne comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Janederivative · Norwegian Bokmål, English
- JohannaGerman
- Siobhanderivative · English
- Janicederivative · English
- Sineadderivative · English
- Johanneequivalent
- Jehaneequivalent
- DjiheneWalloon
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People named Jehanne
- Joan of ArcFrench folk heroine (1412–1431), military leader who crowned Charles VII and Roman Catholic saint, canonized 500 years after her death
- Jehanne d'AlcyFrench actress (1865–1956)
- Jehanne d'OrliacFrench writer and poet (1883–1974)
- Jehanne RousseauFrench game designerborn 1976
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