Jeanne

French variation of Jean
"God is gracious"

Jeanne Origin and Meaning

The name Jeanne is a girl's name of French origin meaning "God is gracious".

Pronounced just like Jean in the English-speaking world, but as the more unusual zhahn in France, this has sailed away with the first wave of French favorites: Denise, Michelle, et soeurs.

# 961 in the US

Jeanne Rank in US Top 1000

# 2189 on Nameberry

Jeanne Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Jeanne Popularity

Famous People Named Jeanne

  • Sainte Jeanne d'Arc aka Joan of Arc
    French heroine
  • Jeanne I
    III, Queens of Navarre
  • Jeanne Bécu
    comtesse du Barry aka Madame du Barry, mistress of King Louis XV of France
  • Jeanne Elizabeth Crain
    American actress
  • Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn
    American actress
  • Jeanne Shaheen (born Cynthia Jeanne Bowers)
    U.S. Senator from New Hampshire
  • Jeanne Phillips aka Abigail van Buren
    "Dear Abby" advice columnist
  • (Wilma) Jeanne Cooper
    American actress
  • Jeanne d'Angoulême
    Countess of Bar,sur,Seine; sister of Francis I of France
  • Jeanne Bonaparte
    Princess of France; Marquise de Villeneuve,Escaplon; great,niece of Napoleon I
  • Marie Jeanne Baptiste
    Princess of Savoy,Nemours
  • Jeanne Robertson
    American radio comedienne, Miss North Carolina 1963
  • Jeanne Louise Calment
    Frenchwoman with longest recorded human lifespan
  • Jeanne Moreau
    French actress, screenwriter, singer, and director
  • Jeanne Moos
    TV journalist
  • Jeanne d'Alcy (born Charlotte Lucie Marie Adèle Stephanie Adrienne Faës)
    French actress, wife of director Georges Melies
  • Jeanne Mathilde Sauve
    23rd Governor General of Canada
  • Jeanne Marjorie Holm
    first woman one,star general of the U.S. Air Force
  • Jeanne Zelasko
    American sportscaster
  • Jeanne Birdsall
    American children's novelist
  • Jeanne Quinault
    French stage actress
  • Jeanne Dumée
    French pioneering astronomer
  • Saint Jeanne Jugan aka Sister Mary of the Cross
    French founder of the Little Sisters of the Poor
  • Jeanne Marie Welch
    daughter of Korn guitarist Brian Welch
  • Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston
    American author

Jeanne in Pop Culture

  • Jeanne
    main character in movie "Last Tango in Paris"
  • Dr. Jeanne Benoit
    character on TV's "NCIS"
  • Jeanne
    character in video game "Bayonetta"
  • Jeanne de St. Caux
    character in G. A. Henty's, In the Reign of Terror
  • Jeanne
    character in G. A. Henty's "Bonnie Prince Charlie"
  • Jeanne
    character in "The Case Study of Vanitas"
  • Jeanne
    heroine of Japanese manga and anime, "Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne".

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