Forename Jean

All around the world, Jean (Jean , 琼 , جان , and others...) is a prevalent epicene forename. The first name Jean is characteristic of France, where it is a prevalent boy's name, Madagascar, where it is a widespread male name, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (explore the name in all countries). In absolute terms, the name is most common in France, China, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Much less frequently, Jean is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish Jean is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Jean

name Ionut, name Janka, name Gian, name Evan, name Giuàn, name Iohannes, name جان, name Hans, name Ionuț, name Ioan, name Jean, name Giăng, name Ivano, name Ivanna, name Jannes, name 琼, name ジャン, name Ioannis, name Ifan, name Hanns, name Giovanna, name Honza, name Ianka, name Iwo, name Jaan, name Jana, name Gean, name 장, name Ivana, name Жан, name Ion, name ژان, name Džons, name Джин, name Honsa, name ז'אן, name Huans, name Genot, name Ivans, name Jan, name Ivanka, name Jane, name 让, name Giovanni, name Ioann, name Jack, name Ivan, name جيان, name Йеан, name Giannis, name Iván, name Ioannes, name Iwan, name Gianni, name Ivo, name Ian, name Ivashka, name Erwann, name Ieuan, name Giovan, name Gene, name Hannes

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Jean	Democratic Republic of the Congo, Madagascar, Brazil, France, United States
让, 琼	China
جان	Syria, United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia
جيان	Syria, Iraq, Egypt, Sudan, Saudi Arabia
Жан	Ukraine, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Russia, Kazakhstan
ジャン	Japan
장	South Korea
Джин	Ukraine, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Armenia
ז'אן	Israel
ژان	Iran
Йеан	Armenia, Russia

First names said to be same

Džons, Erwann, Evan, Gean, Gene, Genot, Gian, Gianni, Giannis, Giovan, Giovanna, Giovanni, Giuàn, Giăng, Hannes, Hanns, Hans, Honsa, Honza, Huans, Ian, Ianka, Ieuan, Ifan, Ioan, Ioann, Ioannes, Ioannis, Iohannes, Ion, Ionut, Ionuț, Ivan, Ivana, Ivanka, Ivanna, Ivano, Ivans, Ivashka, Ivo, Iván, Iwan, Iwo, Jaan, Jack, Jan, Jana, Jane, Janka, Jannes,

First name Jean in the context

Jean is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Tarzan , the fictional character from Edgar Rice Burroughs's Tarzan of the Apes, Tarzan and the Lion Man; Jean Grey , the fictional character in Marvel Comics, Dark Phoenix; Dr. John Watson , the fictional character of Sherlock Holmes; Hermione Granger , the fictional character from the Harry Potter stories and Barbara Gordon , the DC Comics character, The Lego Batman Movie, and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	jean cassien Christian monk and theologian, FR (b. 360)
	jean de tella bishop, SY (b. 483)
	jean pic FR (b. 500)
	jean moschus Byzantine monk, SY (b. 550)
	jean d'épiphanie sixth-century Byzantine historian, SY (b. 600)
	jean ier Metropolitan of Kiev (b. 1000)
	jean Bishop of Lisieux (b. 1050)
	jean de vézelay abbot of the monastery at Vézelay, France, FR (b. 1042)
	jean d'ivry Archbishop of Rouen, FR (b. 1050)
	jean de tours Bishop of Bath; Bishop of Wells, FR (b. 1050)
	jean beleth French liturgist and theologian, FR (b. 1101)
	jean de wurtemberg (b. 1050)
	jean belles-mains Archbishop of Lyon, FR (b. 1120)
	jean d'espagne Carthusian monk of the 12th century, blessed of the Catholic Church, FR (b. 1123)
	jean d'eu (1130-1170), FR (b. 1130)

Forename Jean

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Jean

First names said to be same

First name Jean in the context

Notable namesakes

Characteristic surnames