Jane Forename
Approximately 2,185,269 people bear this name
Jane Forename Definition:
A female name. the usual modern form of Joan or Joanna (see Joan). It comes from Old French Jehane, and is not found much before the 16th C, Joan being the more usual medieval form of the name in England. Jane was very common in the late 18th and early 19th C, often in combination with other names as Mary Jane, Sarah Jane, Jane Anne.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 545,553 | 1:665 | 125 |
| Uganda | 100% | 282,396 | 1:145 | 23 |
| England | 100% | 227,689 | 1:244 | 39 |
| Kenya | 100% | 212,865 | 1:218 | 20 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 95,960 | 1:550 | 102 |
| Brazil | 100% | 80,828 | 1:2,651 | 398 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 78,473 | 1:2,263 | 428 |
| Philippines | 98% | 68,623 | 1:1,545 | 319 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 55,378 | 1:279 | 18 |
| Zambia | - | 52,031 | 1:305 | 47 |
| Canada | 100% | 50,019 | 1:662 | 138 |
| Australia | - | 48,024 | 1:284 | 46 |
| South Africa | 99% | 45,056 | 1:1,210 | 163 |
| Malawi | 100% | 40,845 | 1:419 | 84 |
| Sudan | 100% | 29,945 | 1:1,263 | 242 |
| Scotland | 100% | 25,036 | 1:214 | 42 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 19,337 | 1:588 | 124 |
| New Zealand | - | 17,133 | 1:265 | 31 |
| Ghana | 100% | 17,024 | 1:1,585 | 293 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 15,255 | 1:757 | 198 |
| Denmark | - | 14,762 | 1:383 | 98 |
| India | 72% | 10,932 | 1:111,130 | 13,169 |
| Wales | 100% | 10,830 | 1:286 | 56 |
| Angola | 100% | 7,558 | 1:3,568 | 607 |
| Ireland | 100% | 7,312 | 1:635 | 131 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 7,240 | 1:22,025 | 2,447 |
| China | - | 6,946 | 1:196,668 | 16,807 |
| Mozambique | - | 6,720 | 1:4,054 | 816 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 5,465 | 1:1,297 | 268 |
| Papua New Guinea | 97% | 5,228 | 1:1,559 | 186 |
| Sweden | 100% | 5,228 | 1:1,886 | 300 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 4,962 | 1:51,988 | 6,567 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 4,874 | 1:429 | 76 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 4,572 | 1:3,697 | 610 |
| France | 100% | 4,189 | 1:15,868 | 810 |
| Malaysia | 95% | 3,784 | 1:8,047 | 939 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 3,661 | 1:503 | 125 |
| Jamaica | - | 3,625 | 1:795 | 205 |
| Egypt | 100% | 3,514 | 1:26,153 | 1,846 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 3,322 | 1:9,275 | 1,356 |
| Germany | 100% | 3,112 | 1:31,066 | 1,142 |
| Norway | 100% | 3,081 | 1:1,666 | 331 |
| Peru | 98% | 2,410 | 1:13,191 | 1,302 |
| Thailand | 76% | 2,163 | 1:32,393 | 3,938 |
| Estonia | 100% | 1,669 | 1:788 | 192 |
| Russia | 98% | 1,629 | 1:88,541 | 1,747 |
| Poland | 94% | 1,508 | 1:25,217 | 844 |
| Botswana | 94% | 1,477 | 1:1,479 | 272 |
| Singapore | 97% | 1,394 | 1:4,510 | 742 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 1,387 | 1:70,339 | 5,764 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,145 | 1:18,165 | 2,459 |
| Portugal | - | 1,144 | 1:9,100 | 572 |
| Lesotho | 90% | 1,047 | 1:1,948 | 287 |
| Qatar | 100% | 1,040 | 1:2,278 | 265 |
| Suriname | 100% | 1,020 | 1:542 | 69 |
| Mexico | 98% | 924 | 1:134,355 | 2,958 |
| Fiji | - | 892 | 1:1,000 | 217 |
| Dominica | - | 875 | 1:86 | 17 |
| Spain | 100% | 873 | 1:53,299 | 2,082 |
| Malta | - | 761 | 1:564 | 131 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 757 | 1:10,850 | 1,042 |
| Namibia | - | 752 | 1:3,197 | 545 |
| Bahamas | - | 711 | 1:562 | 134 |
| Taiwan | 52% | 689 | 1:34,499 | 5,715 |
| Hong Kong | - | 662 | 1:11,711 | 1,167 |
| Guernsey | - | 615 | 1:103 | 15 |
| Jersey | 100% | 596 | 1:168 | 23 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 593 | 1:17,591 | 1,733 |
| Israel | 100% | 549 | 1:15,306 | 1,637 |
| Italy | 100% | 547 | 1:111,631 | 2,002 |
| Saint Martin | - | 537 | 1:67 | 17 |
| Vanuatu | - | 530 | 1:494 | 113 |
| Oman | - | 517 | 1:7,947 | 1,006 |
| Colombia | 74% | 515 | 1:92,775 | 3,123 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 509 | 1:1,141 | 219 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 506 | 1:2,691 | 522 |
| Chile | 99% | 505 | 1:34,866 | 1,478 |
| Morocco | - | 491 | 1:69,956 | 2,597 |
| DR Congo | 90% | 479 | 1:154,129 | 7,291 |
| Swaziland | - | 461 | 1:2,820 | 593 |
| Belgium | 100% | 443 | 1:25,937 | 1,761 |
| Ecuador | - | 443 | 1:40,016 | 1,597 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 416 | 1:72,601 | 3,701 |
| Bahrain | - | 414 | 1:3,258 | 522 |
| Togo | - | 412 | 1:17,571 | 2,429 |
| Greece | 100% | 395 | 1:27,682 | 1,230 |
| Finland | 100% | 347 | 1:15,802 | 990 |
| Saint Lucia | 99% | 344 | 1:517 | 55 |
| Guyana | 100% | 314 | 1:2,431 | 478 |
| Kuwait | - | 304 | 1:12,452 | 1,446 |
| Guam | - | 279 | 1:576 | 94 |
| Liberia | 97% | 279 | 1:15,814 | 1,187 |
| Japan | - | 278 | 1:460,382 | 10,614 |
| South Korea | - | 273 | 1:20,309 | 1,936 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 265 | 1:350 | 54 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 218 | 1:390 | 111 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 205 | 1:34,888 | 3,279 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 195 | 1:563 | 90 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 193 | 1:3,288 | 562 |
| Nepal | 72% | 181 | 1:157,389 | 7,382 |
| Honduras | 100% | 180 | 1:48,986 | 2,241 |
| Iraq | 100% | 179 | 1:195,630 | 3,430 |
| Lebanon | 97% | 174 | 1:32,342 | 1,940 |
| Costa Rica | 96% | 171 | 1:27,883 | 1,622 |
| Pakistan | 80% | 165 | 1:1,177,925 | 19,493 |
| Belize | 100% | 159 | 1:2,228 | 512 |
| Afghanistan | 56% | 156 | 1:209,125 | 5,230 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 155 | 1:198,622 | 4,583 |
| Palestine | 100% | 153 | 1:29,739 | 1,237 |
| Tonga | - | 151 | 1:711 | 162 |
| Austria | 100% | 150 | 1:56,761 | 1,598 |
| Belarus | 95% | 136 | 1:69,723 | 774 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 134 | 1:161,272 | 7,295 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 131 | 1:707,047 | 2,308 |
| Bermuda | - | 128 | 1:506 | 78 |
| Panama | 100% | 120 | 1:32,555 | 2,612 |
| Mauritius | - | 118 | 1:10,998 | 1,363 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 114 | 1:92,995 | 2,453 |
| Barbados | - | 111 | 1:2,611 | 536 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 111 | 1:7,848 | 760 |
| Kazakhstan | 91% | 104 | 1:170,643 | 4,132 |
| Jordan | 95% | 100 | 1:88,268 | 1,955 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 94 | 1:171,366 | 2,827 |
| Albania | 97% | 93 | 1:32,759 | 3,513 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 91 | 1:1,092 | 219 |
| Congo | 100% | 85 | 1:58,932 | 4,308 |
| Grenada | 100% | 82 | 1:1,319 | 268 |
| Croatia | 100% | 81 | 1:52,063 | 1,768 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 80 | 1:75,229 | 2,979 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 80 | 1:434 | 55 |
| Romania | 100% | 79 | 1:253,822 | 8,228 |
| Gibraltar | - | 77 | 1:443 | 90 |
| Haiti | 100% | 77 | 1:139,311 | 7,021 |
| Aruba | - | 75 | 1:1,384 | 281 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 75 | 1:817 | 165 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 75 | 1:729 | 130 |
| Greenland | - | 72 | 1:783 | 181 |
| American Samoa | - | 69 | 1:809 | 73 |
| Czechia | 99% | 64 | 1:166,503 | 1,452 |
| Paraguay | 97% | 61 | 1:118,636 | 2,677 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 57 | 1:9,896 | 811 |
| Argentina | 97% | 56 | 1:763,808 | 4,538 |
| French Polynesia | - | 54 | 1:5,146 | 841 |
| Serbia | 100% | 54 | 1:132,328 | 3,082 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 50 | 1:2,232 | 415 |
| Turkey | 100% | 49 | 1:1,587,790 | 12,658 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 47 | 1:72,928 | 2,211 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 44 | 1:1,164 | 143 |
| Benin | 100% | 40 | 1:264,396 | 11,259 |
| Cook Islands | 100% | 39 | 1:465 | 67 |
| El Salvador | - | 37 | 1:171,400 | 2,675 |
| Micronesia | - | 36 | 1:2,958 | 393 |
| Latvia | 100% | 34 | 1:59,284 | 1,483 |
| Kosovo | - | 32 | 1:58,170 | 4,104 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 32 | 1:1,714 | 401 |
| Slovenia | 96% | 31 | 1:79,315 | 2,584 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 30 | 1:118,343 | 2,043 |
| Iceland | 50% | 28 | 1:13,072 | 1,067 |
| Ukraine | - | 28 | 1:1,624,997 | 4,464 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 26 | 1:510 | 45 |
| Madagascar | - | 25 | 1:945,176 | 2,170 |
| Nauru | 100% | 23 | 1:519 | 61 |
| Macau | - | 22 | 1:27,646 | 425 |
| Monaco | 100% | 22 | 1:1,748 | 360 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 21 | 1:774,920 | 13,633 |
| Armenia | 100% | 20 | 1:145,938 | 3,082 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 18 | 1:1,736 | 389 |
| Hungary | 98% | 17 | 1:575,987 | 2,039 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 17 | 1:15,892 | 1,309 |
| Burundi | - | 16 | 1:619,160 | 838 |
| Gambia | - | 16 | 1:120,412 | 458 |
| Libya | - | 16 | 1:388,832 | 1,019 |
| Moldova | - | 16 | 1:222,571 | 1,946 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 14 | 1:379,290 | 1,926 |
| Bulgaria | - | 12 | 1:582,532 | 8,434 |
| Brunei | - | 11 | 1:38,143 | 1,259 |
| Senegal | 100% | 11 | 1:1,325,578 | 10,886 |
| Curaçao | - | 10 | 1:15,580 | 668 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 10 | 1:314 | 48 |
| Burkina Faso | 67% | 9 | 1:2,042,163 | 43,570 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 9 | 1:2,563,993 | 53,027 |
| Myanmar | - | 9 | 1:5,772,030 | 1,432 |
| Palau | - | 9 | 1:2,412 | 36 |
| Tajikistan | - | 9 | 1:930,547 | 3,856 |
| Cuba | - | 8 | 1:1,438,319 | 4,450 |
| Tunisia | - | 8 | 1:84,613 | 5,494 |
| Iran | - | 7 | 1:11,213,838 | 30,178 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 7 | 1:332 | 62 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 6 | 1:1,607,157 | 18,833 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 6 | 1:491,980 | 2,375 |
| Maldives | - | 6 | 1:72,317 | 2,029 |
| Montserrat | - | 6 | 1:813 | 112 |
| Syria | - | 6 | 1:3,217,679 | 5,023 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 5 | 1:9,825 | 1,060 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 5 | 1:1,194,655 | 24,199 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 5 | 1:1,166 | 212 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 5 | 1:95,128 | 1,169 |
| Djibouti | - | 4 | 1:228,916 | 1,301 |
| Gabon | - | 4 | 1:470,834 | 2,822 |
| Georgia | 100% | 4 | 1:934,616 | 13,351 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Mongolia | - | 4 | 1:733,704 | 10,632 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Niger | 67% | 3 | 1:6,394,665 | 47,369 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 2 | 1:1,762,229 | 6,852 |
| Guinea | - | 2 | 1:5,929,324 | 6,648 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 2 | 1:18,928 | 806 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Chad | - | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | - | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| San Marino | 100% | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Janė (3,104), Jané (75), Janë (28), Janè (1), Jañe (1), Jáne (1), Jâne (1), Jäne (1) & Jáně (1) are calculated separately.
Jane (54,779) may also be a surname.
Jane Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. the usual modern form of Joan or Joanna (see Joan). It comes from Old French Jehane, and is not found much before the 16th C, Joan being the more usual medieval form of the name in England. Jane was very common in the late 18th and early 19th C, often in combination with other names as Mary Jane, Sarah Jane, Jane Anne. It went out of fashionable use in the middle of the 19th C and came to be regarded as a typical maidservant’s name. It has come back into fashion in the present century. Janey and Jenny are the usual diminutive. For Janet see separate article. The Gaelic form of the name is Shena.
Jane Coventry Mysteries 15th C.
An English contraction and transformation of Joanna.
From the French name Jeanne, from root of John (see Jean). The nicknames are Jenny and Jinny.
Hebrew (feminine) - God’s grace, or God’s gift.
A Hebrew name, meaning: Grace of the Lord: gift of God.
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