Etymology

Jeanne

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Today it means: A female given name from French. Full definition →

French Jeanne ← Middle French Jehanne ← Medieval Latin Johanna
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The story

  1. Hebrew · derived fromיוֹחָנָה
  2. Koine Greek · derived fromἸωάννα
  3. Latin · derived fromIōhannēs
  4. Latin · derived fromIoanna
  5. Medieval Latin · derived fromJohanna
  6. Middle French · derived fromJehanne
  7. French · borrowed fromJeanne
  8. English todayJeanne

From French Jeanne, from Middle French Jehanne, from Medieval Latin Johanna, variant of Latin Ioanna under influence from Latin Iōhannēs, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) which produced John and its many doublets. Doublet of Ivana, Jana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, Johanna, Juana, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, Shauna, and Sheena.

Words from the same roots

FrenchJeanne all →

jeanjaneJanice

Middle FrenchJehanne all →

janeJaniceSinead

Medieval LatinJohanna all →

jeanjaneJaniceJuanitaSineadSiobhanJuana

LatinIoanna all →

jeanjaneJaniceSinead

LatinIōhannēs all →

jeanjaneJaniceSinead

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.