Jean (song) definition

A medieval feminine form of John through French Jehane, often considered Scottish.

1788 Robert Burns, Of A' the Airts the Wind Can Blaw:

There's not a bonnie flower that springs

By fountain, shaw , or green,

There's not a bonnie bird that sings

But minds me o' my Jean.
1866 Louisa May Alcott, Behind a Mask, or a Woman's Power, Chapter II

- - - Isn't Jean a pretty name?"

"Not bad; but why don't you call her Miss Muir?"

"She begged me not. She hates it, and loves to be called Jean, alone."
1972 Anne Tyler, The Clock Winder, Knopf, 1972, page 67

He was trying to think of her name; she had come to cook him dinner twice last spring. - - - Jean, maybe. Or Betty. One of these plain names.

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John.
, traditionally very popular in France. Also a common first part of hyphenated given names.

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**Inflection**
	Root singular	Root plural	Diminutive singular	Diminutive plural
Nominative	Jean	Jeane	Jeanke	Jeankes
Genitive	Jeans	Jeane	Jeankes	Jeankes
Locative	Jeanese	Jeaneser	Jeaneske	Jeaneskes
Dative¹	Jeanem	Jeanemer	Jeanemske	Jeanemskes
Accusative¹	Jean	Jeane	Jeanke	Jeankes