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[Opinions] Re: Jean / Jeanne

by Anneza

2/14/2018, 9:00 AM

I don't think Jean was ever popular enough to need freshening - certainly not where I live. I'd be happy to meet a young Jean, and happy to use it myself.

Jeane makes about as much sense as Jille or Ruthe. Not a lot. If you live where there are lots of boys named Jean with the French pronunciation, then Jeanne would be useful. But if you don't plan to use the French pronunciation, then why confuse the issue?

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- Piccadilly

2/15/2018, 9:02 PM

I'm not a fan of Jeane at all. I just thew it out there with Jean and Jeanne to see how it fared.

I spend quite a bit of time in Maine so maybe Jeanne would be more useful for me. Hm...

- Tassiegirl +4

2/14/2018, 10:21 AM

(I'm Jean). I do live in a French-speaking area, and my name does cause a bit of confusion, nothing major. If I spelled it Jeanne, that would make it clear, but my name is my name, I'm not going to change it. Pig-headed, just a bit.

One of my grand-daughters has it as a middle name.

- Anneza +1

2/15/2018, 12:37 AM

My half-Scottish SIL, Jean, applied for a visa (maybe - some kind of travel document) to go to Madagascar and filled in the forms and sent them all off complete with photos. Her hair was very short and sporty and she only got the one given name. So, back came her documentation addressed to Mr Jean Lastname. She felt rather insulted, but didn't try to correct it and was never queried.

- Tassiegirl

2/15/2018, 11:36 AM

Yeah, I'd feel insulted too!
For me, it usually happens, for example, when cashing a cheque..."Are you doing this for your husband? or your son?"
"No, it's me"
"You have a man's name!"
"Well...it's an English name"
"Really!"

- Norah (norah_girl) +1

2/14/2018, 11:01 AM

I have a friend who was named J'ahn and she recently changed it to Jeanne because she thought it was so ridiculous and it caused so much confusion!

- Anneza

2/15/2018, 12:40 AM

Good for her!

I knew a girl whose one and only fn is Zahn. Her parents wanted to use Zahn as a nn for Alexandra, but decided that less was more. Which was fine until she started German classes at school and instantly acquired the nn Tooth!

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