Jayne

J8A1Y4N1E1

proper noun

A surname originating as a patronymic derived from a medieval variant of John.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A surname originating as a patronymic derived from a medieval variant of John.
  2. A female given name from Hebrew, a 20th-century spelling of Jane.

    "Having lunch with the Gorgons today?" Andrew had asked her. It was his oft-stated opinion that the y's in Kathryn and Jayne's names were their compensation for a missing, but coveted, male chromosome.

    1997, Sharyn McCrumb, “The Luncheon”, in Foggy Mountain Breakdown and Other Stories, →ISBN, page 118

Rhymes & wordplay

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Janey
Cite this entry
APA

Jayne. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jayne

MLA

“Jayne.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jayne. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Jayne,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jayne.

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