The first name Jeannine
A girl’s name from French.
2 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
French origin
From French Jeannine, from Jeanne + -ine, q.v. Sometimes also parsed as a diminutive of English Jean, Jeanne, etc. Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Jeannine at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 9 girls born in the United States were named Jeannine, the 10,458th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1929, when 1,183 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Jeannine
9 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Jeannine TaylorAmerican actress, born 1954
- Jeannine RileyAmerican actress, born 1940
- Jeannine MukanirwaCongolese women's rights activist, born 1965
- Jeannine OppewallAmerican film art director, born 1946
- Jeannine AltmeyerAmerican singer, born 1948
- Stéphane AudranFrench actress (1932–2018)
- Kristen DaltonAmerican model, born 1986
- Etchika ChoureauFrench actress, 1929–2022
- Maxxine DupriAmerican professional wrestler and wrestling manager, born 1997
More French girls’ names
Questions
- What does the name Jeannine mean?
- From French Jeannine, from Jeanne + -ine, q.v. Sometimes also parsed as a diminutive of English Jean, Jeanne, etc. Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna.
- What is the origin of the name Jeannine?
- From French Jeannine, from Jeanne + -ine, q.v. Sometimes also parsed as a diminutive of English Jean, Jeanne, etc. Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna.
- Is Jeannine a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 24,072 US babies named Jeannine since 1880 were girls.
- When was Jeannine most popular?
- 1929 in the United States, when 1,183 babies were named Jeannine, its highest rank at 172nd.