Jayne
English
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Jayne
- A surname originating as a patronymic derived from a medieval variant of John.
- A female given name from Hebrew, a 20th-century spelling of Jane.
- '1997, Sharyn McCrumb, “The Luncheon”, in Foggy Mountain Breakdown and Other Stories, →ISBN, page 118:
- "Having lunch with the Gorgons today?" Andrew had asked her. It was his oft-stated opinion that the ys in Kathryn and Jayne's names were their compensation for a missing, but coveted, male chromosome.
Anagrams
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Jayne
- a female given name from English [in turn from Hebrew]
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