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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of Scottish personal names).
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JEAN. Also dim. forms Jean(n)ie (Ayr. 1793 Burns O Poortith Cauld i.; Sc. 1818 Scott H. Midlothian xxiii.; Abd. 1912 G. Greig Main's Wooin' 40; Per., Fif., Lth., Ayr. 1915–26 Wilson; Gen.Sc.), Jeandag (Cai. 1907 County Cai. (Horne) 62). Sc. form of Jane, Joan (Sc. 1726 Ramsay T.-T. Misc. (1876) I. 114; Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore (S.T.S.) 12; Ayr. 1788 Burns O' a' the Airts i.; Ags. 1916 V. Jacob Songs i., Per., Fif., Lth., Ayr. 1915–26 Wilson). Gen.Sc. [dʒin]

[From O. Fr. Jehanne, fem. form of Jehan, John. Eng. Joan is from Johanne.]