Girl · Hebrew, through French
Jeannine
Say it: zhah-NEEN
Meaning
A French feminine diminutive of Jean (John), from Hebrew 'God is gracious'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Common in Quebec in the 1930s to 1950s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1920s
In the United States
- 24,036 babies given this name since 1914
- At its height in 1929, about 1 in 944 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Jeanine, Janine
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Where this comes from
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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