Jayne

English

Proper noun

Jayne

1. A surname originating as a patronymic derived from a medieval variant of John.
2. A female given name from Hebrew, a 20th-century spelling of Jane.
   • '1997, Sharyn McCrumb, “The Luncheon”, in Foggy Mountain Breakdown and Other Stories, →ISBN, page 118:

     "Having lunch with the Gorgons today?" Andrew had asked her. It was his oft-stated opinion that the ys in Kathryn and Jayne's names were their compensation for a missing, but coveted, male chromosome.

Anagrams

• Janey

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Jayne.

Proper noun

Jayne

1. a female given name from English [in turn from Hebrew]