Jean

Jean is an English female [ dʒiːn ] and a French male [ ʒɑ̃ ] given name and a family name .

Origin and meaning

Jean is the French form of Johann and Johannes or Johanna . It is one of the most common given names in France and means "the Lord ( YHWH ) is gracious" / "the Lord has shown mercy".

People who bear the name

Saint name

Saint-Jean

Ruler's name

Jean of Nassau (1921–2019), Grand Duke of Luxembourg

First name

Male

Jean Alesi (* 1964), French racing driver
Jean-Hugues Anglade (* 1955), French actor
Jean Anouilh (1910–1987), French playwright
Jean d'Artois, comte d'Eu (1321–1387), Count of Eu
Jean de La Balue (1421–1491), cardinal and minister under Louis XI. (France)
Jean Bart (1650–1702), corsair from Flanders
Jean de Beaumont-Gâtinais (~ 1190–1255), Lord of Villemomble and Grand Chamberlain of France
Jean Becker (1833–1884), German concertmaster
Jean-Paul Belmondo (born 1933), French actor
Jean de Bertrand († 1432), Bishop of Geneva from 1408 to 1418 and Archbishop of Tarentaise from 1418 to 1432
Jean de Béthune (German: Johann von Béthune; † 1219), Bishop of Cambrai (Johann III.) From the House of Béthune
Jean Bodel (1165–1209), French minstrel poet
Jean Bodin (1529–1596), French state philosopher
Jean Bonal (1925-2004), French jazz guitarist
Jean Bouise (1929–1989), French actor
Jean-Claude Borelly (* 1953), French trumpeter
Jean VIII de Bourbon, comte de Vendôme (1428–1478), Count of Vendôme
Johannes Jakobus Bouget (1762–1810), politician, real secret Kurkölnischer Hofrat, president of the administration and deputy
Jean Jacques de Bougie (1655–1744), field marshal in the Collonel regiment
Jean de Bougy (1617–1658), French general
Jean Bourgoin (1913–1991), French cameraman
Jean de Brogny (~ 1342–1426), Cardinal Bishop of Ostia, Archbishop of Arles and Bishop of Geneva and Viviers
Jean Carmet (1920–1994), French actor
Jean Chassagne (1881–1947) was a French automobile racing driver and fighter pilot during World War I.
Jean Charlot (1898–1979), French artist
Jean Chrétien (* 1934), Canadian politician
Jean de Clermont († 1356), Lord of Chantilly and a Marshal of France from the House of Clermont
Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), French writer, director and painter
Jean Courtecuisse (* around 1350, † 1423), dean of the theological faculty of the Sorbonne and chancellor of Notre-Dame
Jean-Claude Van Damme (* 1960), Belgian actor
Jean Daniélou (1905–1974), Catholic theologian, Jesuit priest and cardinal
Jean Dréville (1906–1997), French film director and screenwriter
Jean de Dunois (1402–1468), Grand Chamberlain of France
Jean-Claude Duvalier (1951–2014), Haitian politician, president and dictator
Jean de la Fontaine (1621–1695), French writer
Jean Gabin (1904–1976), French actor and chansonnier
Jean Galfione (* 1971), French pole vaulter
Jean de Garlande (* around 1195 in England, † after 1272), English grammarian who worked in France
Jean de Garlande (13th century), French musician and music theorist
Jean-Paul Gaultier (* 1952), French fashion designer
Jean Gaupillat (1891–1934), French racing car driver and entrepreneur
Jean Genet (1910–1986), French writer and playwright
Jean Georges Baer (1902–1975), Swiss naturalist
Jean Giraud (1938–2012), French comic artist
Jean Giraudoux (1882–1944), French writer and professional diplomat
Jean Grave (1854–1939), French anarchist
Jean de Homedes y Coscon (actually Juan de Homedes ; 1477–1553), 47th Grand Master of the Order of Malta ( 1536–1553 )

Jean-Michel Jarre (* 1948), French musician

Jean Jaurès (1859-1914), French socialist politician

Jean de Joinville (also Johann von Joinville; * 1224 or 1225, † 1317), Lord of Joinville and Seneschal of the County of Champagne

Jean Jülich (1929–2011), German resistance fighter

Jean-Claude Juncker (* 1954), Luxembourg politician, Prime Minister and President of the EU Commission

Jean-Claude Killy (* 1943), French ski racer

Jean Laffite (1780–1826), French privateer

Jean Maximilien Lamarque (1770–1832), French general and politician

Jean Laplanche (1924–2012), French psychoanalyst and author

Jean Mandel (1911–1974), co-founder of the regional association of Jewish religious communities in Bavaria

Jean Marteilhe (around 1684–1777), French galley convict, condemned for his Protestant belief

Jean Martin (1922–2009), French actor

Jean-Remy von Matt (* 1952), German advertiser

Jean Michel (Bishop) († 1468), 1466 Bishop of Mondovì and from 1466 to 1468 Bishop of Lausanne

Jean-Baptiste Maunier (* 1990), French actor and singer

Jean Meneses (* 1993), Chilean football player

Jean de Meung (1240–1305), French poet

Jean Raphael Vanderlei Moreira (* 1986), Brazilian soccer player

Jean de Murol († 1399), bishop of Geneva from 1378 to 1385, cardinal from 1385 and bishop of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux from 1385 to 1388

Jean-Claude Olivier (1945–2013), French motorcycle racer and motorsport official

Jean Pierre Clément Marie d'Orléans, duc de Guise (1874–1940), head of the House of Orléans

Jean d'Outremeuse (originally Jean des Price ; 1338–1400), Belgian cleric and chronicler

Jean Pellissier (* 1972), Italian ski mountaineer

Jean-Marie Le Pen (* 1928), French right-wing extremist politician (Front National)

Jean-Marie Pfaff (* 1953), Belgian football player

Jean Poiret (1926–1992), French actor

Jean Pütz (* 1936), German science journalist and television presenter

Jean Racine (1639–1699), author of the French classical period

Jean Reno (born 1948), French actor

Jean-Noël Riff (* 1981), French chess player

Jean Roberti (1569–1651), Jesuit from Flanders

Jean de Rochetaillée († 1437), Patriarch of Constantinople, Bishop of Geneva and Paris, Archbishop of Rouen and Administrator of the Archdiocese of Besançon

Jean de Rossillon († probably 1341), Bishop of Lausanne from 1323 to 1341

Jean-Marc Rozon (* 1961), Canadian freestyle skier

Jean Sarrasin (or Sarrazin, Latin: Johannes Sarracenus; † after 1258), court official of the French King Louis IX. the saint

Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–1980), French writer and philosopher

Jean Servais (1910–1976), Belgian actor

Jean Soro (* 1963), Ivorian national player and two-time national coach at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

Jean-Yves Thibaudet (* 1961), French pianist

Jean-Noël Thorel (* 1947), French biologist, pharmacist and poker player

Jean Tigana (* 1955), French football player and coach

Jean Toche (1932–2018), Belgian-American artist and poet

Jean-Claude Trichet (* 1942), French financial expert, ECB President 2003 to 2011

Jean Valentin (1899–20th centuries), Belgian lawyer

Jean Vallée (1941-2014), Belgian singer

Jean de Valois, duc de Berry (Jean de Berry, Jean le Magnifique; 1340–1416), Duke of Berry and Auvergne, Count of Poitiers and Montpensier

Jean de Vienne (1341–1396), French knight and admiral during the Hundred Years' War

Jean Ziegler (* 1934), Swiss sociologist

Female

Jean Arthur (1900–1991), American actress
Jean Biedermann (* 1980), German pop singer, actress and voice actress
Jean Craighead George (1919–2012), American writer
Jean Harlow (1911–1937), American actress
Jean Kittrell (≈1926–2018), American jazz musician
Jean Lave (* 19 **), American ethnographer, sociologist and anthropologist
Jean Liedloff (* 19 **), American author
Jean Nissan (* approx. 1922), British cryptanalyst
Jean Seberg (1938–1979), American actress
Jean Simmons (1929-2010), British-American actress
Jean Stapleton (1923-2013), American actress
Jean Stothert (* 1954), American politician

family name

Al Jean (* 1961), American screenwriter and producer
Alain Jean-Marie (* 1945), French jazz pianist
Alexandre St-Jean (* 1993), Canadian speed skater
Bernard A. Jean (1925–2012), Canadian politician
Cassandra Jean (born 1985), American actress
Christiane Jean (* 1959), French actress
Clarissa Jean-Philippe (1988–2015), policewoman with the Paris City Police
Claude Jean-Prost (1936-2018), French ski jumper
Corentin Jean (* 1995), French football player
Désinord Jean (* 1967), Haitian clergyman, Bishop of Hinche
Edmond Aman-Jean (1858–1936), French painter
Élisabeth Laforest-Jean (* 1988), Canadian biathlete
Elsa Jean (* 1996), American porn actress
Émile Jean-Fontaine , French sailor
Enex Jean-Charles (* 1960), Haitian politician
Ernst Jean-Joseph (* 1948), Haitian football player
Frédéric Jean (* 1983), French biathlete
Gauscelin de Jean († 1348), Frankish Catholic cardinal
Gérard Jean-Juste (1949–2009), Haitian priest and liberation theologian
Gloria Jean (1926–2018), American actress and singer
Jimmy Jean-Louis (* 1968), Haitian actor and model
Joseph Jean (1890–1973), Canadian politician
Kyle Jean-Baptiste († 2015), American musical actor
Livio Jean-Charles (* 1993), French basketball player
Lucien Jean-Baptiste (* 1964), French actor, voice actor and director
Marianne Jean-Baptiste (* 1967), British actress, screenwriter and composer
Marie-Josephe Jean-Pierre (* 1975), Mauritian badminton player
Mark Jean , American director, writer and film producer
Max Jean (* 1943), French racing driver
Michaëlle Jean (* 1957), Canadian politician and journalist
Nicolas Jean-Prost (* 1967), French ski jumper
Norma Jean (singer) (born 1938), American country singer
Olivier Jean (* 1984), Canadian short tracker
Samuel Laforest-Jean (* 1990), Canadian biathlete
Vadim Jean (* 1963), British film director and producer
Victor Jean (1874–1953), French politician
Wyclef Jean (* 1969), Haitian musician, songwriter and producer

As a pseudonym

Jean-Charles (1922-2003), French writer
Jean Val Jean (* 1980), French porn actor and chef

Minor forms

Réjean (in Québec, Canada)
Žan (Slovenian, Serbian)

Individual evidence

↑ limited preview in the Google book search
↑ Janez. In: revija.ognjisce.si. Retrieved April 6, 2017 .

[1] ted preview in the Google book search

[2] Janez. In: revija.ognjisce.si. Retrieved April 6, 2017 .