French First Name and Jean as Middle for Girl

[SunshineFlowersFood]

Hi everyone,

I am planning to give my daughter a French first name even though we don't have any French routes. It's not too out there. However, I also want to honour my granny Jean as middle name but I know Jean means John in French. Am I overthinking this? Or would it be weird like the English equivalent of a French person having a Sarah Peter??

@SunshineFlowersFood , I'd not take the word of random strangers from the internet about your baby's name.

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One of my great grandmothers was Marie Jeanne

Also in my family:
Pelagie
Desiree
Cecile
Francoise
Marguerite
Denise
Marie (lots of those!)

Claudette Jean
Cosette Jean
Madeleine Jean
Stephanie Jean
Caroline Jean
Anastasie Jean
Lilou Jean
Marie-Claire Jean

eh? Marie-Jeanne, or Jean-Marie, but Marie Jean?

Aimée - prepare for a lifetime of incorrect spelling
Amélie - probably confused with Amelia
My favourite is Anazarde, Ana for short
Camille
Elodie is gaining popularity
Désirée
Aurelie
Margot is gaining popularity too
Nathalie
Adeline

Middle name is rarely used so they should be no issue using Jean

As a French person it's pretty funny to see which names are popular on here. Most of them are horribly dated !

It is possible to have a composite name with both genders (eg - Marie Pierre or Marie George are female names, Jean Marie is male). But I've never heard Marie Jean before. Jean-Marie is a LOT more common.
This said, if it's a middle name I wouldn't sweat it. Spell it Jeanne if it really bothers you.

For what it's worth I had Célestine and Séraphine on my list. Ended up going with another name but still love those two. Don't like Cosette. Sounds very nothingy to me. And it was a nickname, Cosette's real name was Euphrasie. But clearly I'm in the minority here.

@Maxorias , the threads on names from other languages usually are. They are generally names of celebrities like film or sport stars, so they are likely to be names that were popular when the celebrity was born.
Cosette means 'little thing' and Marie-Jeanne would be about 60 yrs old, I think.

Marie-Jean would be a man, as would Jean-Marie.

Just don't choose a first name beginning with B.
Jean is a little dull as a middle name but understandable given you want to honour a relative with that name. In the absence of an interesting middle name, using initials as a nickname (eg with CJ Cregg in the West Wing) isn't unusual but no girl would want to be know with the initials BJ. Choose initials carefully.