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
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
See also
- Wiktionary: Jean - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
- Jean-Baptiste
- Jean-François
- Saint Jean , Saint-Jean
- Petit Jean
Individual evidence
- ↑ limited preview in the Google book search
- ↑ Janez. In: revija.ognjisce.si. Retrieved April 6, 2017 .