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Help[Facts] Re: Is Jeanette a genuine French name?
in reply to a message by guasguendi
I think that Jeanette is either influenced by English and Scandinavian languages (immigrants used it in France) or it is a spelling variant that is rarely used, such as Seann instead of Sean.
In French Jeannette is the correct form as it is a diminutive of Jeanne. I think Jeanette would actually not even be pronounced the same in France under normal circumstances as Jean (masculine) and Jeanne don't sound the same in French.
In French Jeannette is the correct form as it is a diminutive of Jeanne. I think Jeanette would actually not even be pronounced the same in France under normal circumstances as Jean (masculine) and Jeanne don't sound the same in French.
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Jean :: Jeanne is completely regular in French including the rather large change in pronuciation, and can be compared to bon :: bonne (good, adj.masc :: adj.fem) with a similar change in spelling and pronunciation.
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