# Jean-François (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jean-francois/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## People named Jean-François

- Jean-François Champollion, French classical scholar (1790-1832)
- Jean-François Millet, French painter (1814–1875)
- Jean-François Lyotard, French philosopher, sociologist, and literary theorist (1924-1998)
- Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse, French Navy officer and explorer (1741–1788)
- Jean-François Marmontel, French historian and writer, a member of the Encyclopediste movement (1723-1799)
- Jean-François Pilatre de Rozier, French balloonist
- Jean François Paul de Gondi, French Catholic cardinal (1613–1679)
- Jean-François Stévenin, French actor, film director and screenwriter (1944–2021)
- Jean-François Regnard, French writer (1655-1709)
- Jean-François Revel, French writer and philosopher (1924–2006)
- Jean-François Gillet, Belgian association football player (born 1979)
- Jean-François Le Sueur, French composer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.