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Re: Girls middle name help
by soontoBeMrsK2018 (guest)
7/2/2015, 2:14 AM
in reply to a message by Feorsteorra
I don't mind using family/friend names i just wouldn't use a name of someone I see all the time it wouldn't feel right to me.I never knew Jean was a unisex name. I like Jean though as it's a family name.
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- Feorsteorra   +4
7/2/2015, 11:33 AM
It's pronounced differently for males. More like Zhawn? (It's French.) But it's spelled exactly the same. And there's a masculine name pronounced the same as Jean for a girl: Gene. Like Gene Kelly. Usually sort for Eugene, I think.
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- SoonToBeMrsK2018 (guest)   +3
7/2/2015, 12:56 PM
I'v heard of Eugene/Gene as really far back in my boyfriends family tree they came from France so I seen quite a few of them. That being said I never knew it was similar to Jean.
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- Feorsteorra   +2
7/2/2015, 1:41 PM
Gene and Jean are unrelated as far as I know; it's just that they are pronounced exactly the same.It's Jean, the French form of John, that's spelled the same (and also related).
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- SoontoBeMrsK2018 (guest)   +1
7/3/2015, 3:10 AM
That's interesting.If Jean is French form of John I can't use anyway then as my son's first MN is John.
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- Feorsteorra
7/4/2015, 4:48 PM
John is one of those names that's ended up with sooooo many forms across languages and cultures. Jane, Janet, Ian, and Ivan are also forms of John. You can see a list of them here: http://www.behindthename.com/name/john/related
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