Boy · French (Quebec)
Réjean
Say it: ray-ZHAHN
Meaning
Uncertain. A name distinctive to Quebec; explanations from Régent or re- plus Jean are guesses.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Popular in Quebec in the 1940s and 1950s and nearly unknown in France.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 26 babies given this name since 1971
- At its height in 1980, about 1 in 137,300 boys
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Réjean Ducharme, Québécois novelist
- Réjean Houle, hockey player
Names worth a look
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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