Jayne
Meaning of Jayne
Jayne is a female name with American English and British English pronunciations both pronounced as "JAYN" (/dʒeɪn/). It is a variation of the names Janie and Jane. Jayne has been given to newborns in the United States since at least 1895. While its popularity has fluctuated over the years, it has remained a moderately used name. In recent years, Jayne has ranked around 2500-3000 in terms of occurrence, indicating that it is not overly common but still familiar. The name Jayne carries associations of strength, simplicity, and elegance, making it a timeless choice for parents seeking a classic yet unique name for their baby girl.
Pronunciation
English
- Pronunced as JAYN (/dʒeɪn/)
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Notable People Named Jayne
| Jayne Mansfield was a multi-talented American actress, singer, and Playboy Playmate known for her iconic status as a sex symbol in the 1950s and 1960s. |
| Jayne Kennedy Overton is a multi-talented American television personality, actress, model, producer, and philanthropist. |
| Jayne Meadows was a renowned American actress, author, and lecturer, known for her Emmy-nominated performances and her marriage to original Tonight Show host Steve Allen. |
| Jayne Torvill, OBE, is a British professional ice dancer and former competitor who won a gold medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics and a bronze medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics with Christopher Dean. |
| Jayne Atkinson is a British actress known for her roles in 24, Criminal Minds, Madam Secretary, and House of Cards, as well as her Tony Award nominations for The Rainmaker and Enchanted April. |
| Jayne Wisener is a Northern Irish actress and singer known for her role as Johanna in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and for appearing in The Inbetweeners as Lauren Harris. |
| Bobbie Stoffregen, also known as Jayne Regan, was a notable American film actress. |
| Jayne Bryant FWES is an Engineering Director at BAE Systems, Applied Intelligence, with over 40 years of engineering experience. |
| Jayne Walton Rosen, known as the Champagne Lady, was an American entertainer, singer, and actress who gained fame for her work with Lawrence Welk in the 1940s. |
| Jayne Gackenbach is a renowned dream researcher with a Ph.D in Experimental Psychology, known for her work on lucid dreaming and altered states of consciousness. |
| Jayne Vanessa Armstrong is a British botanist known for challenging the two-species taxonomy of British elms and proposing a classification featuring 40 species, subspecies, and microspecies. |
| Jayne Bryant is a Welsh Labour Party politician who has represented Newport West in the Senedd since May 2016. |
| Jayne Stirling is a Scottish curler hailing from Stirling. |
| Jayne Heitmeyer is a Canadian actress known for her roles in science fiction and horror movies and TV shows. |
| Jayne Marie McHugh is a former volleyball player who represented the United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics. |
