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Post by 950nancy on Jun 3, 2018 22:28:29 GMT
I am a Jeanne and it pronounced Jean. My step mother was also a Jeanne and she pronounced it Jean E. Both ways I guess. I thought you were a Nancy! Now I'm going to have to get used to thinking of you as Jeanne.  I am a Nancy. Jeanne is a middle name. I much prefer Nancy since Jeanne was my mom. |
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Post by lucyg on Jun 3, 2018 23:00:18 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2018 23:22:08 GMT
I heard it as shj-onn
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Post by refugeepea on Jun 3, 2018 23:35:56 GMT
Jeanne looks like Gee-anne to me. I've only seen Jean for women and Gene for men pronounced the same way.
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Post by melanell on Jun 3, 2018 23:38:40 GMT
I've known people (in the US) who spelled their name that way and pronounced it "Jean" or "Jean-ee". So I would probably go with Jean if I was forced to guess without hearing it first, but would rather ask first.
As others said, I would likely guess differently in a French-speaking area.
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Post by melanell on Jun 3, 2018 23:45:11 GMT
Jean or Jean-nie, depending on what the person wanted. MIL’s given middle name was spelled Joan but her mother pronounced it Jo-Ann which confused everyone. MIL hated that so much that when she married FIL she officially changed the spelling to Joann. Problem solved! This was exactly why I through out Jee-Ann as a possibility. I know one Joan, pronounced Joann and an Evelyn pronounced Evie-lynn. It's like a new movement to take traditional names and break them into new sounds. I know a woman named Evelyn, who pronounces it the traditional way and goes by Ev-ee as a nickname. (With the "ev" rhyming with Kev, like Kevin.)
Her son named his daughter after her, spelling it Evelyn, and pronouncing it the same way, but they call the little girl Eve-ee instead. And now the little girl calls herself Eve-ee-lynn, just as you described, and all of her immediate family has picked up on it. So I don't know if it will be something she'll grow out of, or if she'll wind up growing up and calling herself that.
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Post by RosieKat on Jun 4, 2018 0:39:21 GMT
Jean or the French pronunciation. But I have heard of people who pronounce it Jeanie. It annoys me, but I guess it's their business. This! It hugely grates on my nerves, but I guess it's her name, not mine! |
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Post by AussieMeg on Jun 4, 2018 1:22:19 GMT
I would pronounce that Jean / Gene.
The only way I would pronounce it Genie is if it was spelt with an i - Jeannie.
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Post by katiejane on Jun 4, 2018 6:13:26 GMT
Jean. Unless I was told she pronounced it differently.
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Post by MizIndependent on Jun 4, 2018 6:37:22 GMT
Jeanne is the Gaelic form of Jean. As such it is pronounced “Jean”.
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Post by MsKnit on Jun 4, 2018 8:25:21 GMT
Jean or Jeannie
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Post by joelise on Jun 4, 2018 8:28:29 GMT
The French pronunciation is Zhann (rhymes with can) which is the female name. That is different from the French pronunciation of Jean, the male name, which is Zhawn (rhymes with dawn). Both are derived from John. This is how I pronounce it. We were all given French names in my French class at school and I was given Jeanne, it wouldn’t occur to me to pronounce it any other way. |
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Post by gillyp on Jun 4, 2018 10:18:43 GMT
This was exactly why I through out Jee-Ann as a possibility. I know one Joan, pronounced Joann and an Evelyn pronounced Evie-lynn. It's like a new movement to take traditional names and break them into new sounds. I know a woman named Evelyn, who pronounces it the traditional way and goes by Ev-ee as a nickname. (With the "ev" rhyming with Kev, like Kevin.)
Her son named his daughter after her, spelling it Evelyn, and pronouncing it the same way, but they call the little girl Eve-ee instead. And now the little girl calls herself Eve-ee-lynn, just as you described, and all of her immediate family has picked up on it. So I don't know if it will be something she'll grow out of, or if she'll wind up growing up and calling herself that.
I seem to pronounce Evelyn in all manners! Ev-lin, Eeve-lin, Ev-eh-lin, Eeve-i-lin. I tend to follow whatever people around me are saying or how the person wants it to be pronounced but from my point of view it's not a new movement, these different pronunciations have been around all my life, as far as I am aware. |
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Post by artbabe on Jun 4, 2018 12:31:09 GMT
My grandma was Jeanne, pronounced Jean.
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Post by Dalai Mama on Jun 4, 2018 13:07:12 GMT
Zhan - the a leans slightly towards a short e sound. It's my mother's best friend's name and, yes, she's French.
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Post by MaryMary on Jun 4, 2018 14:25:53 GMT
I worked with a woman with this name that pronounced it Jean-ee.
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Post by caspad on Jun 4, 2018 15:02:18 GMT
I've known both genie and jean-ee who spelled their name Jeanne.
So I always ask.
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Post by AngieandSnoopy on Jun 4, 2018 15:25:03 GMT
I would pronounce it Jean but I do know someone that pronounces it Jeannie. In fact, I thought her name WAS Jeannie until I saw it was spelled Jeanne.
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Post by chances on Jun 4, 2018 16:50:54 GMT
Ja-Neen
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Post by RedSquirrelUK on Jun 4, 2018 21:21:08 GMT
How do you get that? Surely that would be Janine not Jeanne? SaveSave |
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Post by chances on Jun 4, 2018 21:58:48 GMT
How do you get that? Surely that would be Janine not Jeanne? SaveSaveYeah. I knew someone in grade school who pronounces it ja neen. I've never met anyone since with the name. I've always wondered if I misremembered because it doesn't seem right. |
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Post by workingclassdog on Jun 4, 2018 22:27:20 GMT
The Jeanne I Know pronounces it "Genie"  |
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Post by cadoodlebug on Jun 4, 2018 22:27:42 GMT
As Jean.
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Post by papersilly on Jun 4, 2018 22:33:46 GMT
like Jean. Gene. long "e".
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Post by FrozenPea on Jun 4, 2018 22:36:49 GMT
The Jeanne I Know pronounces it "Genie" This. |
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Post by RedSquirrelUK on Jun 4, 2018 22:46:37 GMT
How do you get that? Surely that would be Janine not Jeanne? SaveSaveYeah. I knew someone in grade school who pronounces it ja neen. I've never met anyone since with the name. I've always wondered if I misremembered because it doesn't seem right. It really isn't, and yet someone else on this thread had that pronunciation too. I wonder why? How? SaveSave |
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Post by NanaKate on Jun 5, 2018 0:04:58 GMT
I’ve known two people with the name Jeanne. One pronounces it “Jean” the other pronounces it “Jeannie.”
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Post by mimima on Jun 5, 2018 0:14:37 GMT
I had a boss many years ago who pronounced it "Jeanie" so that's my tendency, but I realize that it is usually, in the US, "Jean."
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Post by PaperAngel on Jun 5, 2018 7:03:14 GMT
I never guess & always ask before attempting to pronounce (& risk butchering) any name.
A friend's namesakes are her maternal grandmother named Jean & paternal grandmother named Anne, so her/parents' pronunciation of Jeanne is "Jean Anne."
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