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Jennifer vs Jean - What's the difference?

jennifer | jean |

As proper nouns the difference between jennifer and jean

is that jennifer is while jean is .

jennifer

English

Alternative forms

* Jenifer

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • .
  • * 1906 , The Doctor's Dilemma , Act I:
    • RIDGEON. Thats a wonderful drawing. Why is it called Jennifer ?
    MRS DUBEDAT. My name is Jennifer .
    RIDGEON. A strange name.
    MRS DUBEDAT. Not in Cornwall. I am Cornish. It's only what you call Guinevere.
  • * 1960 , The Hunt for Richard Thorpe , Doubleday, page 10:
    • "Most people's sisters have decent names like Jennifer or Jane or something. What did you say hers was?"
  • * 2000 , Nothing Gold Can Stay , Dutton, ISBN 0525945598, page 131:
    • Jennifer . Jenny with the light brown hair. Jenny-fair, their high school French teacher had called her, and fair she had been.

    Usage notes

    The name was mostly used in Cornwall before the 20th century. It became popular in all English-speaking countries, first in UK in the 1950s, and then in US as the top name for women born in 1970-1984.

    Related terms

    * Gaynor * Ginevra * Guinevere * pet forms: Jeni, Jen, Jennie, Jenny, Jenni, Jeny ----

    jean

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • Denim.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Made of denim (as "jean jacket").

    • Derived terms

    * jeans

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