Why are most frenchmen named Jean ?

Question

Why are most frenchmen named Jean ?

Answer 1

Hi from France !

Jean is a old name now, less and less men  named by this name !! There are too many others ( news)...

Have a nice day,

Cat.

Answer 2

the exact reason why most amreican men are called John

Answer 3

thats funny...my grandpa's name is jean, and my nephew is jean- luc,

Answer 4

good question... very good question

Answer 5

Mine is Brice, quite different. I know only 2 guys named Jean. This firstname isn't so popular

Answer 6

Actually, there are many different French men's names-- Thierry, Luc, Philippe, Christophe, Jacques,  etc.  One observation in France that surprised me is that VERY FEW men are named Pierre.

Answer 7

Jean is the French for John.

Answer 8

And with Jean you can make lots of others : Jean-Marc, Jean-Philippe, Jean-Paul, Jean-Thierry, Jean-Marie...

there are also a lot of Paul. But nowadays the one that comes the more other are Thomas and Ethan.

Answer 9

I would say that Andre and Marcel are also as popular....

Answer 10

Because they stole bread in Notre Dame.

Answer 11

definitely not ! most of the people called jean are at least 65, this is my grandfather's name ! and paul is not that current too !

there are lots of david, nicolas, and the fashionable names for babies at the moment are kyllian, tom, louis, and american names such as dylan, because people watch soaps far too much !

as for girls, many marie, emilie,...

my name is anne, what do you think about that ?

Answer 12

jean meaning john, is a biblical name. also the most popular name for centuries.