Jeanne (given name)

Jeanne (given name)

Infobox Given name 2
gender = female

Jeanne is a French female name, equivalent to the English "Joan", "Jane", "Jean" and several historical figures in English named "Joanna". (Feminine forms of "John")

Historical people who have been called simply "Jeanne":
* Jeanne d'Arc (Joan of Arc in English)
* Jeanne de Flandre (Joanna of Flanders in English)
* Jeanne de Dreux, also called Jeanne de Penthièvre (Joanna of Dreux in English)
* Several princesses of France, Navarre, and Valois

There have been three hurricanes called Hurricane Jeanne: in 1980, 1998 and 2004.

The name has also been given to a crater on Venus.


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