Jean Forename
22nd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 11,024,162 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Haiti
Jean Forename Definition:
A female name. the usual modSc form of Jane or Joan (qq.v.). It comes from the Old French Jehane (modFr Jeanne) and was formerly common in England. Lyford 1655 says 'Jeane see Joane'. The diminutive form of Jean was Jennet (see Janet).
Read More About This ForenameJean Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 99% | 2,981,190 | 1:25 | 1 |
| France | 100% | 1,733,602 | 1:38 | 1 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 955,276 | 1:25 | 1 |
| Haiti | 95% | 840,408 | 1:13 | 2 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 758,737 | 1:15 | 1 |
| United States | 79% | 722,903 | 1:502 | 89 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 511,803 | 1:42 | 1 |
| Burundi | 100% | 506,165 | 1:20 | 1 |
| England | 100% | 236,874 | 1:235 | 37 |
| Central African Republic | - | 233,463 | 1:19 | 1 |
| Brazil | 100% | 192,085 | 1:1,115 | 166 |
| Canada | 75% | 119,527 | 1:277 | 23 |
| Philippines | 94% | 107,723 | 1:984 | 193 |
| Belgium | 100% | 100,352 | 1:114 | 3 |
| Congo | 100% | 86,547 | 1:58 | 4 |
| Ivory Coast | 99% | 68,928 | 1:335 | 34 |
| Guinea | 100% | 66,426 | 1:179 | 35 |
| Venezuela | 80% | 64,371 | 1:469 | 55 |
| Benin | 100% | 56,698 | 1:187 | 2 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 52,972 | 1:347 | 58 |
| Gabon | 100% | 48,588 | 1:39 | 1 |
| Ethiopia | 61% | 42,075 | 1:2,319 | 407 |
| Togo | - | 37,003 | 1:196 | 16 |
| Scotland | 100% | 33,357 | 1:160 | 26 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 31,172 | 1:42 | 3 |
| South Africa | 51% | 28,389 | 1:1,921 | 304 |
| Senegal | 100% | 26,139 | 1:558 | 102 |
| Mali | 99% | 23,693 | 1:717 | 128 |
| Mozambique | - | 23,040 | 1:1,182 | 260 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 19,150 | 1:545 | 65 |
| Malawi | 96% | 17,620 | 1:971 | 213 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 14,687 | 1:559 | 122 |
| Morocco | 100% | 13,539 | 1:2,537 | 342 |
| Peru | 99% | 13,457 | 1:2,362 | 446 |
| Wales | 100% | 12,068 | 1:256 | 46 |
| Zambia | - | 10,583 | 1:1,498 | 306 |
| Angola | - | 10,527 | 1:2,562 | 480 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 10,371 | 1:54 | 2 |
| New Zealand | - | 9,460 | 1:479 | 106 |
| Australia | - | 8,943 | 1:1,527 | 300 |
| Chile | 97% | 8,696 | 1:2,025 | 307 |
| Chad | 100% | 8,465 | 1:1,606 | 205 |
| Thailand | 98% | 7,606 | 1:9,212 | 1,518 |
| Sudan | 100% | 7,139 | 1:5,296 | 835 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 100% | 6,873 | 1:166 | 37 |
| Netherlands | 98% | 6,838 | 1:2,472 | 479 |
| Ghana | 80% | 6,686 | 1:4,036 | 543 |
| Ecuador | - | 6,659 | 1:2,662 | 395 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 6,085 | 1:303 | 64 |
| Spain | 88% | 5,878 | 1:7,916 | 655 |
| Colombia | 100% | 5,287 | 1:9,037 | 841 |
| Costa Rica | 99% | 5,231 | 1:911 | 196 |
| South Sudan | 52% | 5,187 | 1:2,227 | 365 |
| Ireland | 52% | 4,941 | 1:940 | 180 |
| Germany | 98% | 4,740 | 1:20,396 | 931 |
| Jamaica | - | 4,497 | 1:641 | 158 |
| Vanuatu | - | 4,347 | 1:60 | 2 |
| Panama | 83% | 4,056 | 1:963 | 161 |
| Poland | 80% | 3,157 | 1:12,045 | 515 |
| Mexico | 95% | 3,144 | 1:39,486 | 1,685 |
| French Polynesia | - | 3,032 | 1:92 | 1 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 2,824 | 1:2,887 | 322 |
| Indonesia | 89% | 2,709 | 1:95,225 | 10,794 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 2,682 | 1:101 | 2 |
| Kenya | 71% | 2,605 | 1:17,776 | 1,826 |
| Zimbabwe | 96% | 2,506 | 1:6,155 | 916 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 2,361 | 1:8,809 | 1,353 |
| Italy | 96% | 2,344 | 1:26,050 | 988 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 2,331 | 1:13,219 | 1,863 |
| Uganda | 52% | 2,331 | 1:17,571 | 1,488 |
| Gambia | - | 2,307 | 1:835 | 177 |
| Egypt | 80% | 2,277 | 1:40,361 | 2,498 |
| Sweden | 89% | 2,104 | 1:4,685 | 534 |
| China | - | 1,929 | 1:708,168 | 30,012 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 60% | 1,883 | 1:723 | 91 |
| Romania | 86% | 1,652 | 1:12,138 | 967 |
| Malaysia | 61% | 1,605 | 1:18,972 | 1,936 |
| Denmark | - | 1,582 | 1:3,571 | 480 |
| Curaçao | 95% | 1,455 | 1:107 | 4 |
| Portugal | - | 1,421 | 1:7,326 | 506 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1,409 | 1:2,520 | 291 |
| Suriname | 80% | 1,382 | 1:400 | 29 |
| Malta | - | 1,381 | 1:311 | 59 |
| India | 66% | 1,310 | 1:927,388 | 62,165 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1,305 | 1:27 | 1 |
| Israel | 81% | 1,052 | 1:7,988 | 1,111 |
| Nigeria | 74% | 1,030 | 1:172,393 | 7,874 |
| Bahamas | - | 1,006 | 1:397 | 77 |
| Nicaragua | 77% | 1,003 | 1:6,000 | 803 |
| Singapore | 99% | 985 | 1:6,383 | 1,168 |
| Greece | 93% | 898 | 1:12,177 | 706 |
| Guyana | 61% | 893 | 1:855 | 106 |
| Somalia | - | 838 | 1:16,141 | 1,296 |
| Wallis and Futuna | 100% | 780 | 1:17 | 3 |
| Norway | 100% | 754 | 1:6,807 | 715 |
| Bangladesh | - | 733 | 1:217,546 | 10,835 |
| Qatar | 82% | 713 | 1:3,323 | 504 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 691 | 1:134 | 3 |
| Barbados | - | 624 | 1:464 | 107 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 592 | 1:40,151 | 6,452 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 577 | 1:5,940 | 544 |
| Jersey | 75% | 557 | 1:179 | 25 |
| Solomon Islands | 85% | 549 | 1:1,058 | 202 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 518 | 1:164 | 47 |
| Japan | - | 514 | 1:249,000 | 7,722 |
| Samoa | - | 502 | 1:389 | 110 |
| Algeria | 100% | 497 | 1:76,814 | 2,138 |
| Swaziland | - | 436 | 1:2,982 | 627 |
| Djibouti | - | 435 | 1:2,105 | 322 |
| Guatemala | 80% | 429 | 1:37,549 | 1,490 |
| Pakistan | 62% | 398 | 1:488,336 | 11,412 |
| Bolivia | 52% | 381 | 1:27,825 | 1,625 |
| Niger | 98% | 373 | 1:51,432 | 2,503 |
| Argentina | 63% | 367 | 1:116,548 | 1,994 |
| Hong Kong | - | 363 | 1:21,357 | 2,160 |
| Kuwait | - | 351 | 1:10,784 | 1,311 |
| Fiji | - | 345 | 1:2,587 | 730 |
| Tanzania | 81% | 302 | 1:174,796 | 7,715 |
| Honduras | 68% | 282 | 1:31,268 | 1,815 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 281 | 1:391 | 44 |
| Oman | - | 273 | 1:15,050 | 1,470 |
| Austria | 100% | 271 | 1:31,418 | 1,179 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 271 | 1:234 | 55 |
| Russia | 91% | 264 | 1:546,340 | 5,772 |
| Andorra | - | 261 | 1:318 | 55 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 248 | 1:401 | 27 |
| Monaco | 100% | 241 | 1:160 | 3 |
| Bahrain | - | 237 | 1:5,691 | 904 |
| South Korea | - | 226 | 1:24,533 | 2,175 |
| Finland | 84% | 219 | 1:25,037 | 1,248 |
| Grenada | 97% | 193 | 1:560 | 77 |
| Belize | 94% | 192 | 1:1,845 | 413 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 59% | 189 | 1:184 | 13 |
| Guam | - | 178 | 1:903 | 199 |
| Tunisia | - | 172 | 1:3,935 | 604 |
| Liberia | 73% | 165 | 1:26,740 | 1,696 |
| Aruba | - | 159 | 1:653 | 102 |
| Namibia | - | 156 | 1:15,411 | 1,557 |
| Saint Lucia | 53% | 145 | 1:1,226 | 200 |
| Cuba | - | 136 | 1:84,607 | 1,901 |
| Paraguay | 97% | 128 | 1:56,538 | 1,959 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 117 | 1:61,128 | 5,326 |
| Botswana | 100% | 116 | 1:18,831 | 2,313 |
| Bermuda | - | 113 | 1:574 | 96 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 91% | 107 | 1:1,043 | 156 |
| El Salvador | - | 102 | 1:62,174 | 1,755 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 102 | 1:908,070 | 2,554 |
| Iraq | 50% | 97 | 1:361,009 | 4,694 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 93 | 1:9,366 | 843 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 91 | 1:69 | 5 |
| Micronesia | - | 87 | 1:1,224 | 191 |
| Hungary | 63% | 83 | 1:117,973 | 783 |
| Dominica | - | 78 | 1:968 | 183 |
| Croatia | 76% | 74 | 1:56,988 | 1,839 |
| Estonia | 80% | 68 | 1:19,344 | 1,653 |
| Cape Verde | - | 67 | 1:7,898 | 903 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 58 | 1:946 | 196 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 54 | 1:177 | 60 |
| Cayman Islands | 67% | 53 | 1:1,157 | 260 |
| Czechia | 83% | 53 | 1:201,060 | 1,609 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 49 | 1:35,270 | 40 |
| Kazakhstan | 81% | 49 | 1:362,181 | 6,205 |
| Libya | - | 49 | 1:126,965 | 743 |
| Myanmar | - | 49 | 1:1,060,169 | 627 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 49 | 1:144,667 | 358 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 46 | 1:53,451 | 2,125 |
| Turkey | 95% | 46 | 1:1,691,342 | 13,066 |
| Brunei | - | 38 | 1:11,041 | 790 |
| Cambodia | - | 38 | 1:428,246 | 9,838 |
| Syria | - | 38 | 1:508,055 | 2,845 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 33 | 1:177 | 44 |
| Gibraltar | - | 32 | 1:1,067 | 230 |
| Lebanon | - | 32 | 1:175,862 | 4,084 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 32 | 1:1,708 | 366 |
| Ukraine | - | 32 | 1:1,421,872 | 4,171 |
| Iceland | 100% | 29 | 1:12,621 | 1,042 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 27 | 1:1,208,278 | 13,684 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 25 | 1:163,810 | 5,279 |
| American Samoa | - | 23 | 1:2,428 | 422 |
| Macau | - | 20 | 1:30,410 | 434 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 19 | 1:279,477 | 1,598 |
| Moldova | - | 17 | 1:209,479 | 1,879 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 16 | 1:19,883 | 1,606 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 15 | 1:2,083 | 481 |
| Belarus | 100% | 14 | 1:677,313 | 4,005 |
| Anguilla | 75% | 13 | 1:1,020 | 161 |
| Laos | - | 13 | 1:506,681 | 486 |
| Latvia | - | 12 | 1:167,970 | 2,495 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 11 | 1:17,454 | 1,614 |
| Faroe Islands | 60% | 10 | 1:4,913 | 772 |
| Comoros | - | 9 | 1:84,593 | 329 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 9 | 1:3,420,716 | 8,576 |
| Cook Islands | - | 8 | 1:2,269 | 351 |
| Greenland | - | 7 | 1:8,053 | 908 |
| Jordan | - | 7 | 1:1,260,968 | 6,027 |
| Maldives | - | 7 | 1:61,986 | 1,836 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 7 | 1:7,319 | 1,092 |
| Nepal | - | 7 | 1:4,069,622 | 46,681 |
| Bulgaria | - | 6 | 1:1,165,065 | 11,780 |
| Lithuania | - | 6 | 1:491,980 | 2,375 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 6 | 1:348,460 | 8,117 |
| Montserrat | - | 6 | 1:813 | 112 |
| Iran | - | 5 | 1:15,699,374 | 37,124 |
| Serbia | 100% | 5 | 1:1,429,144 | 6,659 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,410,736 | 23,569 |
| East Timor | - | 4 | 1:304,594 | 432 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 4 | 1:9,464 | 618 |
| Nauru | 75% | 4 | 1:2,982 | 284 |
| Palau | - | 4 | 1:5,428 | 88 |
| San Marino | 100% | 4 | 1:8,230 | 519 |
| Tajikistan | - | 4 | 1:2,093,730 | 5,016 |
| Tonga | - | 4 | 1:26,859 | 378 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 4 | 1:1,368,218 | 2,487 |
| Albania | 100% | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 2 | 1:2,986,638 | 34,954 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 2 | 1:1,019,998 | 36,117 |
| Yemen | - | 2 | 1:13,148,376 | 10,677 |
| Armenia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Niue | - | 1 | 1:1,604 | 70 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
The alternate forms: Jéan (468), Jeán (35), Jëan (4) & Jeãn (3) are calculated separately.
Jean (1,310,810) may also be a surname.
Jean Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. the usual modSc form of Jane or Joan (qq.v.). It comes from the Old French Jehane (modFr Jeanne) and was formerly common in England. Lyford 1655 says 'Jeane see Joane'. The diminutive form of Jean was Jennet (see Janet).
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
F. A Scottish contraction of Johanna, of which, in C19-20, it is frequently used quite independently. Jean has become much more popular than Jo(h)anna.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A female name derived from the French name Jeanne, the feminine form of Jean; from root of John, q. v.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
A French name, meaning: Form of Jane.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Jean Forename Popularity
Jean Demographics
Average Male Jean Height
173.98 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 7,516 (2014)
Average Female Jean Height
164.63 cm
Average female height (US):
161.5 cm
Sample size: 1,002 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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