Jeanne
Meaning
form of Jean/Joanna, traditionally 'God is gracious'
Famously borne by Jeanne Baret, who disguised herself as a man to become the first woman to sail around the world.
Jeanne around the world
One shared root links 47 names across 10 languages.
Shared root: from Hebrew Yochanan "God is gracious", carried through Greek Ioannes and Latin Iohannes into nearly every European language
The constellation
37 more branches of this family
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Jeanne peaked in the 1920s and the 1950s in nearly equal measure.
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Popularity in Brazil
3,515 people · the #3,490 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 58,824 · median age 43
Among people named Jeanne living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Jeanne
Most people given the name Jeanne in the United States were born between 1940 and 1969. The Jeanne you meet today is most often in her 60s or 70s.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Jeanne deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Jeanne truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Jeanne fits with your family’s names and surname.
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