Jean

English and Scottish, from French variation of Johanna
"God is gracious"

Jean Origin and Meaning

Variation of Gene
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Famous People Named Jean

  • Jean Arthur (born Gladys Georgianna Greene)
    American actress
  • Jean Harlow (born Harlean Harlow Carpenter)
    American actress
  • Jean Merilyn Simmons
    English actress
  • Jean Dorothy Seberg
    American actress
  • Jean Stapleton
    American actress
  • Jean Bartel
    Miss America 1943
  • Jean Rhys (born Ella Gwendolyn Rees Williams)
    Dominican novelist
  • Jean Shrimpton
    English supermodel
  • Jean Marsh
    English actress
  • Jean Casarez
    American lawyer and news correspondent
  • Mary Jean "Lily" Tomlin
    American comedienne
  • (Jean) Paige Turco
    American actress

The name Jean in Pop Culture

  • Jean Fordham
    character in "August: Osage County" by Tracy Letts
  • Jean Louise "Scout" Finch
    character in "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee
  • Jean Bueller
    character in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"
  • Jean Meecher
    character in "Breathless"
  • Jean Elaine Grey
    Summers, character in Marvel Universe
  • "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
    " novel by Muriel Spark
  • Jean
    character in video game Lunar 2 Eternal Blue
  • Priscilla
    Jean Henrietta "Tulip" O'Hare, character in DC Universe's "Preacher"
  • Hermione Jean Granger
    character in the Harry Potter series
  • "Billie Jean
    " 1983 song by Michael Jackson
  • "Jean
    " 1969 song by Oliver
  • "Cheer up
    Sleepy Jean", chorus in Daydream Believer by The Monkees

International Variations of the name Jean

  • Janne
    Finnish
  • Jasia
    Polish
  • Sine
    Irish Gaelic
  • Jonnanina
    Polish
  • Jena
    Polish
  • Ivana
    Slavic
  • Janina
    Polish
  • Janka
    Polish
  • Jennice
    Scottish Gaelic
  • Janeska
    Polish
  • Jana
    Latvian
  • Sina
    Irish Gaelic
  • Jeanne
    French

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