Jayne
[dʒeɪn]Meaning
a variant of Jane
Background Story
Jayne is a variant of Jane. Behind the Name records it as used in African American, Basque, Belarusian, Biblical, Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin, Breton, Bulgarian, Catalan, Corsican, Croatian and Czech. Wiktionary gives its origin languages as Hebrew and English, and records a Cebuano form taken from English Jayne. It is both a given name and a surname.
Variations
Jane
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