Jane

jane janë Janė English Alternative forms en Jayne Jaine Etymology Variant of en Jeanne, from en fr Jeanne, from en frm Jehanne, from en la-med Johanna, variant of en la Ioanna under influence from en la Iōhannēs, from en grc-koi Ἰωάννα, from en he יוֹחָנָה Yôḥānāh God is gracious, the feminized form of he יְהוֹחָנָן Yəhōḥānān which produced en John and its many doublets. As a placeholder name, cf. similar use of en John and en Jack and earlier use of en Joan in the same role. en Gianna Ivana Jana Janice Janis Jean Jeanne Jen Joan Joanna Joanne Johanna Juana Shavonne Sian Siobhan Shane Shaun Shauna Sheena. Pronunciation en /d͡ʒeɪn/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-Jane.wav en eɪn 1 en Jain Proper noun s en female French, the standard feminine form of John since the 17th century. en 1605 William Camden Remains Concerning Britain John Russell Smith 1870 103–104 In latter years some of the better and nicer sort, misliking Joan, have mollified the name of Joan into Jane, as it may seem, for that Jane is never found in old Records; and as some will, never before the time of King Henry the eight. en 1830 w:Mary Russell Mitford Our Village: Fourth Series: Cottage Names: People will please their fancies, and every lady has favourite names. I myself have several, and they are mostly short and simple. Jane, that queenly name! Jane Seymour, Jane Grey, 'the noble Jane de Montford;' - - - 1912 Saki (H.H.Munro), The Secret Sin of Septimus Brope: "What I mean is," said Mrs. Riversedge, "that when I get maids with unsuitable names I call them Jane; they soon get used to it." "An excellent plan," said the aunt of Clovis coldly; "unfortunately I have got used to being called Jane myself. It happens to be my name." en January 12, 2017 Jesse Hassenger A literal monster truck is far from the stupidest thing about Monster Trucks w:The Onion AV Club http://www.avclub.com/review/literal-monster-truck-far-stupidest-thing-about-mo-248111 On some level, the filmmakers behind Monster Trucks must have recognized the ill fit of Till playing a teenager, because they cast Jane Levy, a 27-year-old who can pass for younger but not a decade younger, as Meredith, a nerdy classmate of Tripp’s who moons over him as she insists on making an appointment to tutor him in biology. Till is somewhere on the Hemsworth spectrum (more engaging than Liam; not as charismatic at Chris), but Levy is wholly charming as his enthusiastic sidekick. https://web.archive.org/web/20170127025219/http://www.avclub.com/review/literal-monster-truck-far-stupidest-thing-about-mo-248111 en Elizabeth Wagmeister Jay-Z says inconsistencies in rape accuser’s story proves her attorney was looking for ‘money and fame’ w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/14/entertainment/jay-z-lawsuit-response 2024-12-14 In the amended complaint, Carter is accused of raping the then-13-year-old Jane Doe at an afterparty for the MTV Video Music Awards in the year 2000. https://web.archive.org/web/20260106204323/https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/14/entertainment/jay-z-lawsuit-response 6 January 2026 en patronymics derived from a en enm - variant of John. Derived terms en G.I. Jane Hanoi Jane have fun with Dick and Jane Jane 50 Jane Austenesque Jane Average janegirl Janeite Jane Juliet Janesville Janey Janice Janie Janis Jenny Jumeirah Jane Related terms en variants and pet forms Jan Janeka Janelle Janet Janette Janice Janine Janis Jean Jeanette Jeanne Jeannette Jenna Jennie Jenny Jessie Jo Joan Joann Joanna Joanne Jodi Jodie Jody Johanna Juana Juanita Translations feminine form of John Arabic: ar جِيهَان, ar جِين f jeyn Egyptian Arabic: arz جيهان gīhān Armenian: hy Հովհաննա Bengali: bn জ্যাইন Bulgarian: bg Я́на f Catalan: ca Joana f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 簡 Jiǎn Mandarin: cmn 珍 Zhēn Czech: cs Jana f Danish: da Johanne Dutch: nl Johanna f Esperanto: eo Johanino, eo Ĝejn transliteration for Jane Finnish: fi Johanna French: fr Jeanne f Galician: gl Xoana f German: de Johanna f Greek: el Ιωάννα f, el Τζέιν transliteration from English Greenlandic: kl Juaanna Hindi: hi जेन f Icelandic: is Jóhanna f Irish: ga Siobhán f Italian: it Giovanna f, it Gianna f Japanese: ja ジェーン Jēn transliteration for Jane Korean: ko ^제인 Latin: la Iohanna f, la Johanna, la Ioanna, la Joanna Manx: gv Jinn Māori: mi Hēni, mi Hoana Neapolitan: nap Juanna f Norman: nrf Jeanne f, nrf Jénîn f, nrf Jennîn f, nrf Jeanneton f Norwegian: no Johanne, no Johanna Polish: pl Janina f, pl Joanna f Portuguese: pt Joana f Russian: ru Ива́нна f, ru Джейн f, ru Джен f, ru Я́на f Scottish Gaelic: gd Sìne Sicilian: scn Giuvanna f, scn Gianna f, scn Juanna f Spanish: es Juana f Swedish: sv Johanna Ukrainian: uk Я́на f Walloon: wa Djihene, wa Djene Welsh: cy Siân Noun en colloquial used as a placeholder name for any woman, especially a young working-class woman en slang A girlfriend. en What happened to your regular Jane? en jane female client of a prostitute. Alternative forms en jane Derived terms en Dear Jane letter Jane Crow Jane Doe Jane Roe Jane Sixpack Mary Jane plain Jane salvation Jane Anagrams en aejn Jaen Jaén Jean Jena jean en 1-syllable words Czech Pronunciation cs anɛ 2 cs Ja ne Proper noun cs proper noun form cs Jan voc s Alternative forms cs Jene archaic Danish Proper noun da proper noun da female Christiane,Juliane,Mariane Jane Estonian Proper noun et proper noun et female Janne Norwegian Bokmål Jane (given name),no:Jane Alternative forms nb Jana Etymology 1 A contracted Norwegian form of nb Johane, a variant of nb Johanne. The latter is the feminine counterpart of nb Johannes, ultimately from nb la Iohannes Iōhannēs, from nb grc-koi Ἰωάννης Iōánnēs, from nb hbo יְהוֹחָנָן Yəhōḥānān Yahweh is gracious. Pronunciation nb /ˈjɑːnə/ nb ɑːnə 2 nb Ja ne Proper noun nb proper noun nb female nb:Johane < nb:Johanne < Latin < Koine Greek < Biblical Hebrew Jane Etymology 2 nb en Jane female given name, from Old French nb fro Jehanne female given name, ultimately a feminine member of the nb Johannes name family. The name derives through Latin and Koine Greek from Biblical Hebrew, with the meaning “Yahweh is gracious”. Pronunciation nb /dʒeɪn/ nb eɪn 1 nb Jane Proper noun nb proper noun nb female English < Old French < Latin < Koine Greek < Biblical Hebrew Jane Usage notes The Norwegian name day for nb Jane is 21 July. The two-syllable Norwegian pronunciation /ˈjɑːnə/ has historically been more common in Norway, though the one-syllable English pronunciation /dʒeɪn/ also occurs. The name peaked in popularity in Norway in 1960–1964. Statistics According to Statistics Norway, 2,385 women in Norway had nb Jane as their sole or first given name as of 31 December 2025.Table 10501: Persons, by girls' name and boys' name, Statistics Norway. Anagrams nb Jean Jena References “Jane” in Store norske leksikon. “Johanne” in Store norske leksikon. Swedish Proper noun c sv female English,Danish<q:less often>,Norwegian Tagalog Etymology tl :bor en:Jane + 1 Pronunciation Jeyn # Proper noun Jeyn tl female English