Jane

Etymology
Variant of, from , from , from , variant of under influence from , from , from , the feminized form of  which produced  and its many doublets. As a placeholder name, cf. similar use of and  and earlier use of  in the same role.

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Proper noun

 * , the standard feminine form of John since the 17th century.
 * 1) * 1912 Saki (H.H.Munro), The Secret Sin of Septimus Brope:
 * "What I mean is," said Mrs. Riversedge, "that when I get maids with unsuitable names I call them Jane; they soon get used to it."
 * "An excellent plan," said the aunt of Clovis coldly; "unfortunately I have got used to being called Jane myself. It happens to be my name."
 * 1)  derived from a  variant of John.
 * "An excellent plan," said the aunt of Clovis coldly; "unfortunately I have got used to being called Jane myself. It happens to be my name."
 * 1)  derived from a  variant of John.

Translations

 * Arabic: جِيهَان, جِين
 * Egyptian Arabic: جيهان
 * Bengali: জ্যাইন
 * Bulgarian: Я́на
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: Johanne
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: Johanino, Ĝejn
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:, Τζέιν
 * Greenlandic: Juaanna
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish: Siobhán
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ジェーン
 * Korean: ^제인
 * Latin: Iohanna, Johanna,, Joanna
 * Manx: Jinn
 * Maori: Hēni, Hoana
 * Neapolitan: Juanna
 * Norman: Jeanne, Jénîn, Jennîn, Jeanneton
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, , Джен,
 * Scottish Gaelic: Sìne
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Walloon: ,
 * Welsh: Siân

Noun

 * 1)  A girlfriend.
 * 1)  A girlfriend.

Proper noun

 * , a Danish diminutive of Christiane, Juliane and Mariane, today also associated with the English Jane

Proper noun

 * 1)  derived from Johanne, or borrowed from English

Proper noun

 * 1)  borrowed from English, less often from Danish or Norwegian