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Janine vs Shawn - What's the difference?

janine | shawn |

As proper nouns the difference between janine and shawn

is that janine is , a twentieth century variant of jane, or borrowed from french while shawn is , popular in the us in the 1970s.

janine

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • , a twentieth century variant of Jane, or borrowed from French.
    • ----

    shawn

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Sean * Shaun

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • , popular in the US in the 1970s.
  • * 1996 , The Night in Question: Stories , Alfred A. Knopf, ISBN 0679402187, page 141
    • Or take Sean, S-E-A-N. Been spelled like that for about five hundred years. But not them, they've gotta spell it S-H-A-W-N . Like they have a right to that name in the first place.
  • , transferred from the male name.
  • * 1984 , , Love Medicine , Bantam Books 1987, ISBN 0553268082, page 169
    • Two weeks later Dot and her girl, who was finally named Shawn , like most girls born that year, came back to work at the scales.

    Derived terms

    * Deshawn * Shawna