Jean
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French variation of John
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Jean Origin and Meaning
The name Jean is a boy's name of French origin meaning "God is gracious".
In Paris, it's charming, but in America, it's still Jean, as in blue jean. Or Aunt Jean.
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Famous People Named Jean
- Jean Benoît Guillaume Robert Antoine Louis Marie Adolphe Marc d'AvianoGrand Duke of Luxembourg
- Jean GenetFrench novelist, playwright and poet
- Jean Reno (born Juan Moreno y HerreraJiménez), French actor
- Jean DujardinFrench actor
- Jean ToomerAmerican poet and novelist
- JeanPaul,Charles,Aymard Sartre, French philospher and novelist
- JeanJacques Rousseau, Franco,Swiss philosopher
- Johan Julius Christian "Jean" SibeliusFinnish composer
- (Joseph Jacques) Jean Chretien20th Prime Minister of Canada
- JeanLuc Bilodeau, Canadian actor
- Jean Gaston DarbouxFrench mathematician
- Jean Paul GaultierFrench fashion designer
- JeanClaude Camille François Van Damme, Belgian actor
- Jean Baptiste PerrinFrench physicist; winner of the Nobel Prize
- JeanBaptiste,Gabriel,Joachim Dausset, French immunologist; winner of the Nobel Prize
- Jean Parker ShepherdAmerican radio personality and memoirist
- Jean Joseph Octave DubucAmerican baseball player
- JeanFrançois Champollion, French Egyptologist
- JeanMichel André Jarre, French composer
- Jean TiroleFrench economist; winner of the Nobel Prize
- Giovanni "Jean" AlesiFrench racing driver
- JeanEric Vergne, French racing driver
- JeanLouis "Jack" Lebris de Kerouac, Canadian,American novelist and poet
Jean in Pop Culture
- JeanLuc Picard, character in "Star Trek: The Next Generation"
- Jean Valjeanmain character in book/musical "Les Miserables"
- JeanProuvaire, character in book/musical "Les Miserables"
- JeanClaude, character in Anita Blake's "Vampire Hunter"
- Jean Havocsoldier in manga/anime "Fullmetal Alchemist'
- JeanPaul Valley Jr aka Azazel, character in D.C. comics
- Jean Kirschteincharacter in manga/anime "Shingeki no Kyojin" (Attack on Titan)
- Jean Armstrongcharacter in video game 'Ace Attorney'
- Jean Otuscharacter in "ACCA: 13th Territory Inspection Department"
- Jean Roquacharacter in film "Never Back Down"
- Jean Pierre Polnareffmain character in "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure"
- JeanRalphio Saperstein, character in "Parks and Recreation"
- Jean Luc Beaumontcharacter in "Sims" series
- Jean de Florettetitle character in film "Jean de Florette"
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