Baby names info for JEAN:

• Gender: boy or girl
• Syllables: 1
• Characters: 4
• Pronunciation: JEEN, ZHON

Origin and Meaning:

• French : variation of John, the grace and mercy of our Lord
  
• Hebrew : gift from God
  
• Irish : God is gracious
  
• Scottish : variation of Joan, gracious gift from God
  

Baby Names Popularity:

JEAN does not currently rank in the top 1000 names in the United States.
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JEAN appears in the following lists of names:

• Pulitzer Prize-winning authors (fiction)
• National Spelling Bee winners
• Tour de France winners
• Wimbledon Men's Tennis Champions
• Famous Classical Music composers
• Nobel Peace Prize winners
• Hockey Hall of Famers
• Kentucky Derby winning jockeys
• Survivor Contestants
• Wimbledon Women's Tennis Champions
• 100 Best Characters in Fiction Since 1900
• National Women's Hall of Fame members
• Miss America pageant winners
• Prime Ministers of Canada
• Presidents of France
• International Tennis Hall of Fame inductees