Jane

Meaning

In the excerpts, Jane is explained as coming through French Jeanne and ultimately from the root of John, with the Hebrew sense given as “grace of the Lord.” The books also note that Jane became fashionable in Tudor England, especially after Jane Seymour, and that it later became a common English given name.

Origin

Fun fact

One excerpt says Jane did not really come into common use until the Tudor period, when Jane Seymour made it especially fashionable.