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.

Jeanne Rank in US Top 1000

# 961 in the US

Jeanne Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 1897 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Jeanne

• 1897 Nameberry 2025
• 156 Canada 2023
• 28 France 2023
• 48 Belgium 2023
• 175 Switzerland 2019

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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

The name 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".