Jeanne
given name · Latin script
Meaning: French feminine of Jean, Hebrew Yohanan, 'God is gracious'; St Jeanne
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/dʒin/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Jeanne is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Jamaica it is the 3rd most common given name.
- FRFrance≈1 in 704(inferred from the name graph)
- JMJamaica≈1 in 412as Joan
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 457as Joanne
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Jeanne itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- #102 (measured from records)
- 6 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 597 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 704 (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,900,000 named Joan, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
France, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Joan in US United States, PH Philippines, IE Ireland and 2 more, Joanne in GB United Kingdom, AU Australia, ID Indonesia and Joann in FI Finland.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
French feminine of Jean, Hebrew Yohanan, 'God is gracious'; St Jeanne.
Sources 1
- Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
Attested across 28 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Jeanne counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈1,900,000 est. | ≈1 in 721 | — | Joan | 70 |
| US United States | #49 | 306,627as Joan | 1 in 1.1K | 297K | Joan | 597 |
| PH Philippines | #67 | ≈180,000 est. | ≈1 in 604 | — | Joan | 162 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈170,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.5K | — | Joanne | 80 |
| GB United Kingdom | #28 | ≈140,000 est. | ≈1 in 457 | 41 | Joanne | 335 |
| FR France | #102 | ≈96,000 est. | ≈1 in 704 | 566K | Jeanne | 361 |
| AU Australia | #37 | ≈47,000 est. | ≈1 in 547 | 101 | Joanne | 292 |
| FI Finland | — | 12,498as Joona | 1 in 446 | 13K | Joann | 20 |
| IE Ireland | #48 | ≈9,900 est. | ≈1 in 521 | — | Joan | 135 |
| JM Jamaica | #3 | ≈6,800 est. | ≈1 in 412 | — | Joan | 27 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Jeanne is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, From Hebrew Yôḥānān via Latin/Old French; means “God is merciful.”
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
In French, Female form of Jean, from Hebrew Yohanan, 'YHWH is gracious'.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
In French, Female form of Jean, made by adding -ne to the masculine name.
as a nameTên Họ Người Việt Nam
In French, a female given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Joan
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In French, Féminin de Jean, du hébreu Yôḥānān, « Dieu fait grâce ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Joanna I of Naplesb. 1326ITnot in their usual nameQueen of Naples (1326-1382)
- Jeanne Calmentb. 1875FRFrench supercentenarian, person with the longest confirmed lifespan (1875–1997)
- Marguerite Yourcenarb. 1903USnot in their usual nameFrench novelist and essayist (1903-1987)
- Jeanne Moreaub. 1928FRFrench actress, singer, screenwriter and director (1928-2017)
- Édith Cressonb. 1934FRnot in their usual namePrime Minister of France from 1991 to 1992
- Bonnie J. Dunbarb. 1949USnot in their usual nameAmerican engineer and astronaut
- Annie Lennoxb. 1954GBnot in their usual nameScottish singer-songwriter (born 1954)
- Debbie Roweb. 1958USnot in their usual nameformer wife of Michael Jackson
- Mylène Farmerb. 1961CAnot in their usual nameFrench singer and songwriter (born 1961)
- Reese Witherspoonb. 1976USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress (born 1976)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 93 sources across 54 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2024 | 566K | #22 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 104K | #536 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 523 | #1,064 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 94 | #536 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register) | — | 89 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 30 | — |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 30 | #11,218 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1976 | 5 | — |
| AU Australia | Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM) | 1968 | 3 | — |
Reference works 6
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Jeanne?
- A machine transcription gives /dʒin/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Jeanne mean, and where does it come from?
- French feminine of Jean, Hebrew Yohanan, 'God is gracious'; St Jeanne. Recorded by Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms.
- Is Jeanne a male or female name?
- Jeanne is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Jeanne have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.9 million people named Joan in China, more than in any other country we hold.
- What are other forms of the name Jeanne?
- In the etymology graph, Jean, Jane and Janet are forms of the same name in other languages; Jeanette, Jeannette and Jeannie are recorded short or pet forms.
- How common is the name Jeanne?
- In the United States, the national register counted 306,627 people named Joan in 2020, about 1 in 1.1 thousand residents.
- How common is Jeanne compared with other names?
- In Jamaica, Jeanne is the 3rd most common given name of 21,568 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/jeanneThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jeanne” — the 3rd most common given name in Jamaica. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.