Jeanne (given name)

Jeanne

Jeanne d'Arc (Joan of Arc in English) is a famous Jeanne.
Pronunciation	French: [ʒan]
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	French
Other names
Variant form(s)	Jeannie, Jenny, Jeannette
Related names	Jean, Joan, Joanna, Jane, Jenny, Jeannie, Jeannette Jeane

Jeanne is a French personal name which is the feminine form of the male given name Jean (the French equivalent of John). ^[1] It is equivalent to the English Joan , Jane , Jean and several historical figures in English named Joanna . The names derive from the Old French name Jehanne.

Historical people whose name includes Jeanne

• Marie Antoinette Josephe Jeanne
• Jeanne d'Arc (Joan of Arc in English)
• Queen Jeanne I of Navarre
• Queen Jeanne II of Navarre
• Queen Jeanne III of Navarre, also called Jeanne d'Albret
• Jeanne de Flandre (Joan of Flanders, Countess of Montfort in English)
• Jeanne de Dreux, also called Jeanne de Penthièvre (Joanna of Dreux in English)
• Jeanne de Bar, Countess of Marle and Soissons
• Jeanne of Angoulême
• Queen Jeanne II of Naples (Joanna II of Naples)
• Jeanne de Laval
• Jeanne Du Barry, mistress of King Louis XV of France
• Several princesses of France, Navarre, and Valois

People with the given name Jeanne

• Jeanne Basone (born 1963), American professional wrestler, actress, model, and stuntwoman
• Jeanne de Bellem (1732/34–fl. 1790), Belgian writer and revolutionary
• Jeanne Bérangère (1864–1938), French actress
• Jeanne Black (1937–2014), American country music singer
• Jeanne Milliken Bonds (born 1962), American politician
• Jeanne Calment (1875–1997), French woman with the longest confirmed lifespan in history
• Jeanne C. Smith Carr (1825–1903), American educator, author
• Jeanne Carstensen, American journalist and author
• Jeanne Cooper (1928–2013), American actress
• Jeanne Cordova (1948–2016), American trailblazer
• Jeanne Crain (1925–2003), American actress
• Jeanne Dumée (1660–1706), French astronomer
• Jeanne Dunning (born 1960), American photographer
• Jeanne de Flandreysy (1874–1959), French author and literary critic.
• Jeanne Halbwachs (1890-1980), French pacifist, feminist and socialist
• Jeanne Hoff (1938-2023), American psychiatrist
• Jeanne Jugan (1792–1879), French nun and saint
• Marie Sophie Jeanne Laisné (born 1870; year of death unknown), French operatic soprano
• Jeanne Landry (1922–2011), Canadian composer, pianist and teacher
• Jeanne Le Ber, French Canadian recluse
• Jeanne Leblanc (born 1978), Canadian film director and screenwriter
• Jeanne Macherez (1852–1930), French heroine during the World War I; Mayor of Soissons
• Jeanne de Montagnac (1882–1966), French singer and salonnière
• Jeanne Moreau (1928–2017), French actress, screenwriter and director
• Jeanne Pallier (1863 or 1864 – 1939), French aviator, founder of le Club Féminine Automobile to provide female drivers for the ambulances near the Front in the First World War.
• Jeanne Audrey Powers, leader within The United Methodist Church, an advocate for women and LGBTQ+ people in the church, and one of the first women ordained in the denomination
• Jeanne Quinault (1699–1783), French actress, salonist and playwright
• Jeanne de La Saulcée (died 1559), French publisher, printer and bookseller
• Jeanne Sauvé (1922–1993), Canadian politician
• Jeanne Shaheen (born 1947), American politician
• Jeanne de Tramcourt (1875–1952), French mistress of Prince Wilhelm of Sweden
• Jeanne Tripplehorn (born 1963), American actress
• Jeanne Van Calck (1897–1906), Belgian child who was murdered
• Jeanne Murray Vanderbilt (1919–2013), American socialite
• Jeanne Fox Weinmann (1874–1962), American socialite, historian, and clubwoman
• Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon (born 1976), American actress
• Jeanne You (born 1978), South Korean pianist

Fictional people named Jeanne

• Jeanne, one of the two main characters in Bernardo Bertolucci's film Last Tango in Paris , played by Maria Schneider
• Dr. Jeanne Benoit, subject of an undercover mission (and potential romantic interest) of Special Agent Tony DiNozzo in the TV show NCIS , played by Scottie Thompson
• Jeanne, one of the primary characters of the video game series Bayonetta .
• Jeanne, one of the main characters alter egos as Kaitou Jeanne who is the reincarnation of Joan de Arc in the TV show Kaitou Jeanne .
• Jeanne, the main character in Jeanne d'Arc the video game.
• Jeanne, one of the primary characters in the TV show The Case Study of Vanitas .

Other

• Jeanne (crater), a crater on Venus.
• There have been three hurricanes called Hurricane Jeanne: in 1980, 1998 and 2004

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Jeanne
• All pages with titles containing Jeanne
• Jehanne (disambiguation)

References

1. Hanks, Patrick; Lenarčič, Simon; McClure, Peter, eds. (2022). "Jeanne". Dictionary of American Family Names (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acref/9780190245115.001.0001. ISBN   9780190245122.