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Jean

OriginFrench variation of John
Meaning"God is gracious"
GenderBoy

About Jean

The name Jean is currently ranked #948 in U.S. births. and peaked for boys at #309 in 1928. It is currently rising in popularity. The name is most popular in JEAN, JEAN, and JEAN. Jean is occasionally used for girls in 2025.

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Famous Jeans

  • Jean Benoît Guillaume Robert Antoine Louis Marie Adolphe Marc d'Aviano

    Grand Duke of Luxembourg

  • Jean Genet

    French novelist, playwright and poet

  • Jean Reno (born Juan Moreno y Herrera

    Jiménez), French actor

  • Jean Dujardin

    French actor

  • Jean Toomer

    American poet and novelist

  • Jean

    Paul,Charles,Aymard Sartre, French philospher and novelist

  • Jean

    Jacques Rousseau, Franco,Swiss philosopher

  • Johan Julius Christian "Jean" Sibelius

    Finnish composer

  • (Joseph Jacques) Jean Chretien

    20th Prime Minister of Canada

  • Jean

    Luc Bilodeau, Canadian actor

  • Jean Gaston Darboux

    French mathematician

  • Jean Paul Gaultier

    French fashion designer

  • Jean

    Claude Camille François Van Damme, Belgian actor

  • Jean Baptiste Perrin

    French physicist; winner of the Nobel Prize

  • Jean

    Baptiste,Gabriel,Joachim Dausset, French immunologist; winner of the Nobel Prize

  • Jean Parker Shepherd

    American radio personality and memoirist

  • Jean Joseph Octave Dubuc

    American baseball player

  • Jean

    François Champollion, French Egyptologist

  • Jean

    Michel André Jarre, French composer

  • Jean Tirole

    French economist; winner of the Nobel Prize

  • Giovanni "Jean" Alesi

    French racing driver

  • Jean

    Eric Vergne, French racing driver

  • Jean

    Louis "Jack" Lebris de Kerouac, Canadian,American novelist and poet

Jean in pop culture

  • Jean

    Luc Picard, character in "Star Trek: The Next Generation"

  • Jean Valjean

    main character in book/musical "Les Miserables"

  • Jean

    Prouvaire, character in book/musical "Les Miserables"

  • Jean

    Claude, character in Anita Blake's "Vampire Hunter"

  • Jean Havoc

    soldier in manga/anime "Fullmetal Alchemist'

  • Jean

    Paul Valley Jr aka Azazel, character in D.C. comics

  • Jean Kirschtein

    character in manga/anime "Shingeki no Kyojin" (Attack on Titan)

  • Jean Armstrong

    character in video game 'Ace Attorney'

  • Jean Otus

    character in "ACCA: 13th Territory Inspection Department"

  • Jean Roqua

    character in film "Never Back Down"

  • Jean Pierre Polnareff

    main character in "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure"

  • Jean

    Ralphio Saperstein, character in "Parks and Recreation"

  • Jean Luc Beaumont

    character in "Sims" series

  • Jean de Florette

    title character in film "Jean de Florette"

  • Jean Errie

    Character from the webcomic "Sparklecare Hospital". Pronounced "jeen".

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