Origin of the name Jane:
English cognate of the French Jehanne and Jeanne, which are feminine forms of Jean, a cognate of John (God is gracious). Jane, a perennially popular name, was the name of the central character in Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre (1847).
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Jayne is a classic name, pronounced exactly the same as Jane, and the y gives it some style.
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Jayne Mansfield, an American actress. One of the leading blonde sex symbols of the 1950s.
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(male) Jayne Cobb is a character in the TV series Firefly and the movie Serenity played by actor Adam Baldwin.
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