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Jane
say it jayn
What Jane means
- Hebrew and English God is gracious; feminine of John
How popular it is
Its use is steady over the last ten years.
- no. 117 in Ireland (2017)
- no. 282 in the US (2024)
- no. 304 in Northern Ireland (2025)
- no. 386 in Ontario & Quebec (2020)
- no. 417 in New Zealand (2023)
- no. 455 in Australia (2024)
- no. 789 in France (2019)
- no. 792 in Portugal (2017)
In the United States it was most popular around 1940.
Other forms
Names with a similar meaning
Isabella Luna Grace Victoria Aurora Freya Iris Elizabeth Thea Elsie Isabelle Eliana
Jane in stories
- Pride and Prejudice: Jane Bennet, the gentle eldest Bennet sister
- Jane Eyre: Jane Eyre, the orphaned governess heroine of Charlotte Brontë
- The Mighty Thor: Jane Foster, the doctor who becomes Mighty Thor
- Tarzan: Jane Porter, the explorer who falls for Tarzan
- Jane the Virgin: Jane Villanueva, the aspiring writer
- Thor: Jane Foster, the astrophysicist who becomes Mighty Thor