Jean is a girl's name of English origin meaning “Yahweh is gracious.” In 2024 it was given to 75 girls in the United States.
Jean belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “Yahweh is gracious” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Jean first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #12 in 1926, and in 2024 75 babies received the name — 458,350 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Jean means “Yahweh is gracious” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Jean is a girl name. In 2024, 75 babies received the name in the US.
Jean comes from the English & American tradition.
Jean first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #12 in 1926, and 75 babies were given the name in 2024.
Jean is pronounced /d͡ʒiːn/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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