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Jayne

Jayne proper noun: a surname originating as a patronymic derived from a medieval variant of John.

Proper noun

Jayne

  1. A surname originating as a patronymic derived from a medieval variant of John.
  2. A female given name from Hebrew, a 20th-century spelling of Jane.
    • "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.1997, Sharyn McCrumb, “The Luncheon”, in Foggy Mountain Breakdown and Other Stories, →ISBN, page 118

Words formed from Jayne

Questions about Jayne

What does Jayne mean?
Jayne means a surname originating as a patronymic derived from a medieval variant of John.
What part of speech is Jayne?
Jayne is a proper noun.

Words near Jayne in the dictionary

  1. Jaylyn
  2. Jaylynn
  3. Jaymes
  4. Jaymey
  5. Jayna
  6. Jayne
  7. Jaynes
  8. Jaynesian
  9. Jayo
  10. Jayoncé
  11. jaypie

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