Lejeune

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US/ləˈʒœn/US/ləˈdʒuːn/

proper noun

A surname.

OriginFrench Lejeune ← Middle French jeune ← Old French le →
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Meanings

proper nounLejeune (plural Lejeunes)

plural Lejeunes

  1. A surname.

Origin

  1. Latiniuvenem
  2. Vulgar Latin*iŏvenem
  3. Old Frenchjuene, juefne
  4. Latinillum
  5. Old Frenchle
  6. Middle Frenchle
  7. Middle Frenchjeune
  8. FrenchLejeune
  9. EnglishLejeune

Borrowed from French Lejeune, from le + jeune, inherited from Middle French jeune. From Middle French le, from Old French le, from Latin illum, from ille. From Old French juene, juefne, from Vulgar Latin *iŏvenem, from Latin iuvenem.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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