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Subject: About Jantine...(m)
Author: Menke   (Authenticated as menke)
Date: September 15, 2004 at 2:37:54 AM
Reply to: Some feminine names by Array
Jantine is Dutch and it would be the Dutch equivalent of the English Joannie.

Jan(s) is the Dutch form of John and the female form is Jantje or Jantien/Jantine, meaning 'little Jan'. Dutch female names are often male names with endings like -(t)je or ien/ine . The last form is also an ending in France, e.g. Jeannine, Nadine, Caroline, etc.

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