Jayne

name

name ·1 syllable ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname originating as a patronymic derived from a medieval variant of John.
  2. 2
    A female given name from Hebrew, a 20th-century spelling of Jane.

    ""Having lunch with the Gorgons today?" Andrew had asked her. It was his oft-stated opinion that the ys in Kathryn and Jayne''s names were their compensation for a missing, but coveted, male chromosome."

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""Having lunch with the Gorgons today?" Andrew had asked her. It was his oft-stated opinion that the ys in Kathryn and Jayne''s names were their compensation for a missing, but coveted, male chromosome."

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