Etymograph

English

Jeanne

Jeanne comes from Middle French Jehanne, and goes back to Latin Ioanna.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEIoanna
  2. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500Johannavariant of Ioanna
  3. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600Jehanne
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentJeanne
  5. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEIoanna
  2. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500Johannavariant of Ioanna
  3. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600Jehanne
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentJeanne
  5. Englishtodaysame form

The story

From French Jeanne, from Middle French Jehanne, from Medieval Latin Johanna, variant of Latin Ioanna under influence from Latin Iōhannēs, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) which produced John and its many doublets.

Today it means

name A female given name from French.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin Ioanna / Jeanne