Jean
zhan (French); jeen (English)
A cross-cultural form of John/Joan meaning “grace of the Lord” or “grace of God.”
Meaning
The excerpts connect Jean with the French and Scots forms of the biblical name John. In the 19th-century sources, it is glossed as “grace of the Lord” and also tied to the broader John/Joan family with the meaning “grace of God.”
Origin
FrenchScotsHebrewvaries by culture
Fun fact
One source treats Jean as the French equivalent of Jane/Joan, while another lists it alongside many international forms of John, showing how widely the same biblical name spread.