Meaning of the nameJeanne
- Female
- French origin
- Hebrew origin
- Jean-ne
Jeanne is a spelling of the name Jeane, which means “feminine form of Jean (João), 'Yahweh is gracious'”.
Meaning
“feminine form of Jean (João), 'Yahweh is gracious'”
Meaning of the name Jeane, of which Jeanne is a spelling.
Source: Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Jeane · Wiktionary: Jean · Behind the Name: Jeanne
- People (2022)
- 3,515
- Rank in Brazil
- #3,490
- Median age
- 43 years
- 2010 Census
- 2,597
- people
Jeanne in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Jeanne, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1970s (985 people).
3,499 women 0 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 Jeanne is most common
States with the highest share of people named Jeanne in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Distrito Federal 0.004%
- Rio de Janeiro 0.003%
- Paraíba 0.003%
- Minas Gerais 0.003%
- Amazonas 0.003%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Minas Gerais | 504 | 0.003% |
| São Paulo | 481 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 433 | 0.003% |
| Bahia | 213 | 0.002% |
| Pernambuco | 188 | 0.002% |
| Ceará | 175 | 0.002% |
| Pará | 165 | 0.002% |
| Goiás | 132 | 0.002% |
| Paraná | 123 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 118 | 0.002% |
| Distrito Federal | 118 | 0.004% |
| Paraíba | 109 | 0.003% |
| Amazonas | 100 | 0.003% |
| Santa Catarina | 95 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 93 | 0.003% |
| Espírito Santo | 92 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 77 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 62 | 0.002% |
| Alagoas | 48 | 0.002% |
| Mato Grosso | 39 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 37 | 0.001% |
| Sergipe | 28 | 0.001% |
| Rondônia | 26 | 0.002% |
| Tocantins | 20 | 0.001% |
| Amapá | 19 | 0.003% |
| Roraima | 17 | 0.003% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
The spelling Jeanne
It matches the French spelling, which Wiktionary explains as Jean plus the feminine -e; the Brazilian dictionary lists it among the spelling variants of Jeane.
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.
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 Jeanne
What does the name Jeanne mean?
Jeanne means “feminine form of Jean (João), 'Yahweh is gracious'”, according to Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil and Wiktionary. This is the meaning of the name Jeane, of which Jeanne is a spelling.
How many people are named Jeanne in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,515 people with the first name Jeanne, which ranks it number 3,490 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.
Is Jeanne a boy's or a girl's name?
Jeanne is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 3,499 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
What is the origin of the name Jeanne?
Jeanne is a name of French and Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.
In which Brazilian state is Jeanne most common?
Proportionally, in Distrito Federal: 0.004% of the state's population is named Jeanne (118 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Jeanne?
Jeane. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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