Meaning of the nameJeane
- Female
- French origin
- Hebrew origin
- Jea-ne
Jeane is a female name of French origin, a feminine variant of Jean, which corresponds to João and comes from the Hebrew 'Yahweh is gracious'.
Meaning
“feminine form of Jean (João), 'Yahweh is gracious'”
Source: Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Jeane · Wiktionary: Jean · Behind the Name: Jeanne
- People (2022)
- 41,843
- Rank in Brazil
- #645
- Median age
- 38 years
- 2010 Census
- 43,592
- people
Jeane in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Jeane, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (14,582 people).
41,530 women 313 men
Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.
Where the name Jeane is most common
States with the highest share of people named Jeane in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Bahia 0.059%
- Alagoas 0.055%
- Sergipe 0.054%
- Rio Grande do Norte 0.040%
- Pernambuco 0.033%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 8,369 | 0.059% |
| São Paulo | 5,051 | 0.011% |
| Minas Gerais | 3,099 | 0.015% |
| Pernambuco | 2,966 | 0.033% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 2,679 | 0.017% |
| Maranhão | 2,057 | 0.030% |
| Pará | 1,826 | 0.023% |
| Alagoas | 1,718 | 0.055% |
| Ceará | 1,641 | 0.019% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 1,331 | 0.040% |
| Sergipe | 1,197 | 0.054% |
| Goiás | 1,196 | 0.017% |
| Amazonas | 1,118 | 0.028% |
| Paraíba | 1,114 | 0.028% |
| Paraná | 973 | 0.009% |
| Santa Catarina | 860 | 0.011% |
| Piauí | 758 | 0.023% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 696 | 0.006% |
| Distrito Federal | 675 | 0.024% |
| Espírito Santo | 645 | 0.017% |
| Mato Grosso | 516 | 0.014% |
| Rondônia | 317 | 0.020% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 271 | 0.010% |
| Tocantins | 231 | 0.015% |
| Amapá | 198 | 0.027% |
| Acre | 172 | 0.021% |
| Roraima | 169 | 0.027% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Jeane
The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) analyzes Jeane as Je- + -ane and describes it as a feminine variant of Jean, probably of French origin; the Morfemário of the same project links the ending -ane to the French -anne. Wiktionary traces Jean from Old French Jehan, from Latin Iōhannēs and from Hebrew Yôḥānān, 'Yahweh is gracious', and Behind the Name presents Jeanne as the modern French form of Jehanne, a feminine of Iohannes. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 41,843 people named Jeane, with a median age of 38. Most were born in the 1970s and 1980s, the name is almost always female and, proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.
It is the most common spelling in the group and the one the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil takes as its entry, with a single N before the final -e.
Other spellings of Jeane
| Spelling | People (2022) |
|---|---|
| Jeane | 41,843 |
| Jeanne | 3,515 |
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Jeane · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
- Wiktionary: Jean · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Behind the Name: Jeanne · behindthename.com · meaning
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ane, -anne) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Wiktionary: Jeanne · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Questions about the name Jeane
What does the name Jeane mean?
Jeane means “feminine form of Jean (João), 'Yahweh is gracious'”, according to Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil and Wiktionary.
How many people are named Jeane in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 41,843 people with the first name Jeane, which ranks it number 645 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Jeane a boy's or a girl's name?
Jeane is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 41,530 women and 313 men had this name.
What is the origin of the name Jeane?
Jeane is a name of French and Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.
In which Brazilian state is Jeane most common?
Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.059% of the state's population is named Jeane (8,369 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Jeane?
Jeanne. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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