What do you all think of JEAN (for a girl)?

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And is Jean short for something.
Love the name Jeanie

I like it, esp. Jeannie.

The Jean I knew was Jane but known as Jean but not sure if that was just her iyswim.

i like it

Weirdly, I don't hate it. It is very much a name of my mum's generation (she's 67), but maybe enough time had passed for it to be cool, especially if she's named after someone.

I like Jeannie too

very plain
I know a Jean and she is the plainest person I know - she's about 40

Noooooo

It's a middle aged lady name, not for a beautiful baby girl. I don't think it's very feminine to be honest and makes me think of my mother's friends.

One of my colleagues has called her little girl Jeanne - pronounced Jan. Much nicer and more feminine IMO

You won't believe it, but we have had a thread asking about this name very very recently. Jean v. Joan I think. Within the last month.

No no no.
Jean is 50+, not a newborn.

Agree with everyone else nooooo to Jean its an old person's name.

Jeannie is nice though.

Although the fact that it would get shortened to jean would put me off.

Jeanie yes, Jean no.

My friend has just had a little girl and called her Norma Jean.

very cute name

I love the fact that it's sooo old fashioned.
It was also DH's Scottish granny's name, so will please FIL

Nicer with an e on the end as per smiths song.

Oh no, old lady name IMO. Sorry.

'Jeane...the low life has lost its appeal, and i'm tired of walking these streets to a room with a cupboard bare...jeane..'

Hi i posted the Jean versus Joan thread and we have decided to go for Jean (well its on out short list!)
I love it - it is cute, and i dont think there are many baby Jeans out there unless it is coming back in?
We have Jean Primrose as our combo i think.

nope.

That sounds nice TT.

I think personally i have too many Jeans in my famille to consider it - sister's middle name, grandmother's middle name...neither of whom I get on with very well.

But if you have no bad associations with the name that's cool

I'll have a search for that thread tummytickler - thanks

Well I'm a Jean, and I certainly was a newborn once, and I'm only 36 now, so definately not a pensioner yet .

It's fairly unusual though (except in retirement homes) so people tend to remember my name, handy at work where I meet a lot of people.

I didn't really like it when I was younger, but as older names have come back into fashion, it's probably OK for youner children now.

Everyone asks me on the phone how it's spelt, which I always find odd for such an easy name, I'm always being asked if it's Gene.

I love it, love it, love it! I don't think it's too old-lady at all. The only thing that stops me using it is an unfortunate family connection !

Nice strong name, I like it.
Makes me think of Dr Jean Grey, a good thing!

Jeanie, is lovely, I have a genie, short for genevieve and everyone always loves her name.

love it.