Jayne
name
name ·1 syllable ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname originating as a patronymic derived from a medieval variant of John.
- 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."
Example
More examples""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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