Jayne
EnglishEdit
Proper nounEdit
Jayne
- A surname originating as a patronymic derived from a medieval variant of John.
- A female given name from Hebrew, a 20th-century spelling of Jane.
- 1997 Sharyn McCrumb, Foggy Mountain Breakdown and Other Stories, →ISBN, page 118("The Luncheon"):
- "Having lunch with the Gorgons today?" Andrew had asked her. It was his oft-stated opinion that the y's in Kathryn and Jayne's names were their compensation for a missing, but coveted, male chromosome.
- 1997 Sharyn McCrumb, Foggy Mountain Breakdown and Other Stories, →ISBN, page 118("The Luncheon"):
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EtymologyEdit
Proper nounEdit
Jayne
- a female given name from Hebrew