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Jean

male given name
Intangible male_given_name Q7521081

Facts

18 properties
Instance of
male given name
Language of work or name
French
Part of
Jean-Bernard, Jean-Charles, Jean-Christophe, Jean-Denis, Jean-Didier, Jean-François, Jean-Georges, Jean-Hugues, Jean-Jacques, Jean-Lou, Jean-Louis, Jean-Loup, Jean-Nicolas, Jean-Noël, Jean-Paul, Jean-Pierre, Jean-René, Jean-Richard, Jean-Robert, Jean-Sébastien, Jean-Victor, Jean-Yves, Pierre-Jean, Jean-Efflam, Jean-Benoît, Jean-Alexander, Jean-Claude, Jean-Michel[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]
Attested in
list of the most frequent given names at birth in Rotterdam (1811–1913), Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich
Caverphone
YN1111, YN11111111
Cologne phonetics
06
Different from
Jean
Family name identical to this given name
Jean
Given name version for other gender
Jeanne, Jean
Latvian transcription
Žans
Name day
March 8, October 23, December 27
Native label
Jean, Jean
Opposite of
Jean
Patronym or matronym for this name
Johansson, Jansson
Said to be the same as
Jan, John, Yann, Juan, Johannes, Ioannis, Giovanni, Ioannes, Jack, Jón, Jon, Xoán, Joan, Ivan, Ian, Jóhannes, Johan, Hans, Johann, João, Jógvan, Ioann, Honza, Ion, Ioan, Jaan, Jóhann, Yannis, János, Hanns, Ifan, Ivano, Johnny, Ieuan, Giuàn, Joannes, Jehan, Gianni HDP, Yanka, Yvan, Ivashka, Iván, Siôn, Iwan, Sean, Giannis (voornaam), Giovan, Joao, Jóhan, Johannès, Evan, Gian, Hannes, Ivan, Janka, Seán, Yanni, Yiannis, Iwo, Ivo, Erwann, Ivan, Joanes, Gean, Ionuț, Jhan
Soundex
J500
Wikidata usage instructions
note the separate item Q4160311 for the (English) female given name, pour le prénom féminin anglais Jean utiliser Q4160311
Writing system
Latin script[2]
🏷️ Also known as
en Jean ar جان ar Jean el Jean el Ζαν fa Jean he Jean he ז'אן hi Jean hi जाँ ja ジャン ja Jean ja ジーン ko 장 ko Jean nl Jean (voornaam) ru Жан ru Жан (имя) th Jean zh Jean
🔖 Identifiers · 6
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
11996716g
Dansk Navneleksikon ID
988
FactGrid item ID
Verein für Raumschiffahrt
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/122k5tc_
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Jean_-_mannsnamn
Nominis given name ID
194/Jean

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🔗 Connections
← Given name 2755
Jean de La Fontaine, Arthur Rimbaud, Georges Pompidou, John Calvin, Jean Cocteau, Jean Racine, Jean Le Rond d'Alembert, Jean Piaget +2747 more
Said to be the same as 31
John, Ivan, Johannes, Jan, Hans, Ivo, Johann, Johan +23 more
← Said to be the same as 31
John, Ivan, Johannes, Jan, Hans, Ivo, Johann, Johan +23 more
Belongs to 9
Jean-Baptiste, Jean-Jacques, Jean-Marie, Jean-Claude, Jean-Pierre, Jean-Louis, Jean-Luc, Jean-Michel +1 more
Part of 4
Jean-Jacques, Jean-Pierre, Jean-Louis, Jean-Yves
Name day 3
March 8, December 27, October 23
Attested in 1
Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich
Different from 1
Jean
FactGrid item ID 1
Verein für Raumschiffahrt
Given name version for other gender 1
Jeanne
Instance of 1
male given name
Language of work or name 1
French
Works by author 1
L'Histoire de Guillaume le Marechal
Writing system 1
Latin script
← Different from 1
Jean
← Given name version for other gender 1
Jeanne
← Opposite of 1
Jeanne
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Summary

Jean is a male given name[1].

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Use and Application

Part of include Jean-Bernard[3], a male given name[26]; Jean-Charles[4], a male given name[27]; Jean-Christophe[5], a male given name[28]; Jean-Denis[6], a male given name[29]; Jean-Didier[7]; and Jean-François[8], a male given name[30].

Why It Matters

Works attributed to Jean include L'Histoire de Guillaume le Marechal[31], a literary work[32], in Kingdom of England[33].

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 25d ago · TherasTaneel · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → Jean-Bernard, Jean-Charles, Jean-Christophe +25
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Part of: Jean-Michel"
  2. 28d ago · TherasTaneel · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → Jean-Bernard, Jean-Charles, Jean-Christophe +25
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Part of: Jean-Claude"
  3. 4w ago · 日巫女 · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Patronym or matronym for this name → Johansson, Jansson
    Sitelink count → 14
    Wikipedia languages → ['az', 'br', 'commons', 'en', 'fi', 'fr', 'hy', 'hyw', 'ja', 'ms', 'no', 'pt', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Patronym or matronym for this name: Johansson, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1791119184727"
  4. 10w ago · FordPrefect42 · 2026-08-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Writing system → Latin script
    Opposite of → Jean
    Language of work or name → French
    Instance of → male given name
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Said to be the same as: Jhan"
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