Words that come from Old French “Jannes”

57 words across 26 languages descend from Old French Jannes — including Jane, Jenny, Janet, jeans, Janice, Jenna, Janie, Janey.

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English (23)

French (2)

Cebuano (2)

Italian (2)

Japanese (2)

German (2)

Norman (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Finnish (2)

Thai (2)

Dutch (1)

Danish (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Polish (1)

Russian (1)

Irish (1)

Karelian (1)

Armenian (1)

Hebrew (1)

Chinese (1)

Norwegian (1)

Swedish (1)

Hindi (1)

Portuguese (1)

Spanish (1)

Middle English (1)