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Jane / Jean

41 replies

tummytickler · 07/02/2011 12:17

WHat do you think of Jane and Jean? Not together of course, one or the other!
Which fits better with Amos, Pearl, Iris and Eli?
Haven't run them past dh, but never mind about that at the moment I do already know he loves Jean though (but he prefers Augusta, Mary and Shirley) . He never suggests anything except mad Hebrew names that just won't work, so he has to choose from my lists

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LaydeeC · 08/02/2011 09:17

definitely Jane.
'tis my little one's middle name as I would have liked Janey but hubby didn't like it.
I think Jane is much under-used and way past the time due for a resurgence in popularity.

Pasiphae · 08/02/2011 10:57

Jane, under used fabulous name.
Jean and Pearl makes the sibset very blue rinse.

fifi25 · 08/02/2011 11:49

My daughters Connie-Jean hated it at first but its starting to grow on me. Named after great nan

expectingno3 · 08/02/2011 13:21

Any combination but Pearl and Jean - sounds like Pearl and Dean the Cinema Advertisment company! Much prefer Jane.

JamieLeeCurtis · 08/02/2011 18:17

I love your DCs name

If you haven't disappeared

What about

Joy or June

SnapFrakkleAndPop · 08/02/2011 18:23

Jane.

Or Mary :)

5DollarShake · 09/02/2011 12:40

Jane, Jean, June and Joan are all on the up. Get in first before they kick off!!

My middle name is Jeanne after my grandmother. Another possibility.

daimbardiva · 09/02/2011 20:55

Love Jean/Jeannie - it's a big family name for us though, so has lots of nice connotations for me. Jane just sounds plain.

Rhubarbgarden · 10/02/2011 18:10

Jane is beautiful.

How about Gina as another possible variation?

LetThereBeRock · 10/02/2011 19:16

Jane is nicer. Jean is dreadful.

Merlion · 11/02/2011 04:27

Jean is my MIL's name so would probably say no - lovely though she is

Jane is my SIL's name and also my middle name (although mine has a 'y' in it - Jayne) so I have to say I prefer that.

pilates · 11/02/2011 18:55

Def Jane, Jean is also my MIL, so it makes me think of an old woman (who is nice too).

AnnOnimous · 11/02/2011 20:08

I think Fleur goes beautifully with your girls names

pointylug · 11/02/2011 20:17

I really like Jane

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tummytickler · 11/02/2011 22:07

Ann I really like Fleur a lot, thanks.
Rhubarb I like Gina too, but feel it is a nn, and I do not like Georgina.
JamieLC Joy is beautiful, but it reminds dh of the woman from My Name is Earl so it is a no no!
Thanks all.

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cece · 12/02/2011 19:10

I have never taught a Jane (or a Jean come to that).

I think it is a great name but couldn't use it myslef for family reasons.

My friend has a Jeanie, and it is lovely, as is she.

I like Joan too.

Barbara is growing on me at the moment.

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