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Jeanne
I'm really loving the aesthetics of Jeanne (as well as Jeannie) at the moment. What are your reflections on the name? Do you consider it lackluster or worthy of resuscitation?Also, which of the following combinations do you fancy?Jeanne Adelaide
Jeanne Adelheid
Jeanne Agatha
Jeanne Aglaia
Jeanne Amabel
Jeanne Amalia
Jeanne Amarantha
Jeanne Amaryllis
Jeanne Amélie
Jeanne Apollonia
Jeanne Araminta
Jeanne Augusta
Jeanne Aurelia
Jeanne Aurélie
Jeanne Bertille
Jeanne Bibiana
Jeanne Blanchefleur
Jeanne Briseis
Jeanne Bryony
Jeanne Camellia
Jeanne Carlotta
Jeanne Cecilia
Jeanne Cecily
Jeanne Charlotta
Jeanne Claribel
Jeanne Clarimonde
Jeanne Clarissa
Jeanne Clélys
Jeanne Clémence
Jeanne Clementine
Jeanne Clotilda
Jeanne Cordelia
Jeanne Corisande
Jeanne Cressida
Jeanne Dahlia
Jeanne Delphinia
Jeanne Dorothea
Jeanne Dorothy
Jeanne Eleanor
Jeanne Eleonora
Jeanne Eleonore
Jeanne Elinor
Jeanne Eloisa
Jeanne Eloise
Jeanne Emeline
Jeanne Emmeline
Jeanne Ermengarde
Jeanne Estella
Jeanne Ethelinde
Jeanne Eudora
Jeanne Eulalia
Jeanne Eulalie
Jeanne Eustacia
Jeanne Gwendolen
Jeanne Héloïse
Jeanne Henrietta
Jeanne Henriette (awn-ree-ET)
Jeanne Hesper
Jeanne Hildegarde
Jeanne Hortense (or-TAWNS)
Jeanne Imelda
Jeanne Isabel
Jeanne Isadora
Jeanne Isotta
Jeanne Laetitia
Jeanne Lavender
Jeanne Leocadia
Jeanne Leonora
Jeanne Letitia
Jeanne Lilac
Jeanne Lilia
Jeanne Liliane
Jeanne Lilias
Jeanne Lilibet
Jeanne Liliosa
Jeanne Loredana
Jeanne Lucasta
Jeanne Lucilla
Jeanne Lucretia
Jeanne Maddalena
Jeanne Madeleine
Jeanne Maëlys
Jeanne Mafalda
Jeanne Margareta
Jeanne Marguerite
Jeanne Maribel
Jeanne Mariella
Jeanne Marietta
Jeanne Marisol
Jeanne Mathilda
Jeanne Matilda
Jeanne Mehetabel
Jeanne Melisande
Jeanne Millicent
Jeanne Muriel
Jeanne Octavia
Jeanne Odessa
Jeanne Olivia
Jeanne Ottilia
Jeanne Ottilie
Jeanne Pandora
Jeanne Peronel
Jeanne Philippa
Jeanne Pierrette
Jeanne Phyllida
Jeanne Primrose
Jeanne Primula
Jeanne Rosabel
Jeanne Rosabella
Jeanne Rosalia
Jeanne Rosalie
Jeanne Rosalind
Jeanne Rosamond
Jeanne Rosamund
Jeanne Rosemary
Jeanne Rosemonde
Jeanne Rosetta
Jeanne Ségolène
Jeanne Silvestra
Jeanne Silvia
Jeanne Sophronia
Jeanne Sylvia
Jeanne Theodora
Jeanne Violetta
Jeanne Violette
Jeanne Viviana
Jeanne Viviane
Jeanne Winifred
Jeanne Zuleika

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I'm a big fan of Jane/Jean/Joan/Joanna in almost any variation, so I say yes! It's absolutely worthy of resuscitation. My favs* from your combos are:Jeanne Adelaide
Jeanne Camellia
Jeanne Cordelia
Jeanne Eleanora
Jeanne Lilia
Jeanne Matilda
Jeanne Olivia
Jeanne Rosalind
Jeanne Rosamond =possibly my favorite*I picked these as my favorites using the JEEN pronunciation. Unless you're a French speaker in a French-speaking country, I think ZHAN is hard to pull off without sounding pretentious.
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Jeanne Eleanor is gorgeous!!!
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I find the name very, very lovely in French, but don't care for it in English at all. I would prefer Jean in English, but I don't like that one very much either. It makes me think "blue jeans" and "this is not a name" too much. I don't find it extremely terrible, though, and I could maybe get used to it. The thing is I associate the mere sound of the name(s) Jean(ne) (as they sound the same in English, right?) to a certain era of naming in say American history. The sound of the name is too dated for me to like it. Dated in a more negative way, probably. Anyway, I'll pick the combos from your list that I like provided that you pronounce Jeanne English. Oh, and as for Jeannie: One of the worst (nick) names I've ever come across. Not feminine in a good way, not pretty, not aesthetically appealing to me, in no way. Jenny as a nn is even nicer.Here are the combos that I find work well. I've marked the mns I like/love with an asterisk:
Jeanne Adelaide - the names fit together very well, but the combo doesn't seem to provide lots of interesting 'sights', i.e. lots of different letters, which makes it a bit boring somehow...
Jeanne Agatha* - Agatha 'grounds' Jeanne, the combo is very interesting and appealing
Jeanne Aglaia
Jeanne Amabel* - I love Amabel, and the combo works beautifully
Jeanne Amélie* - nice French combo
Jeanne Apollonia*
Jeanne Araminta* - gorgeous one
Jeanne Augusta* - a tad dated on the whole, but pretty all the same

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I love Jeanne, although I prefer bagpipe-ish Jean (Scottish girl's name) better. Jeanne *looks* prettier on paper, but pronunciation problems abound.Jeanne was popular when I was in school in the 70's (in the U.S.). But girls named Jeanne almost invariably pronounced it "JEEN-ee." I love Jeanie as a nn for Jean, but to me Jeanne is either "JEEN" in English or "ZHANN" in French, rhyming with Ann. (People usually don't get the French pronunciaiton right either, they think it sounds like the French male name Jean.)Having said all of that, there are many combinations you list that I fancy:Jeanne Aurelia
Jeanne Clemence
Jeanne Clotilda (prefer Clothilde)
Jeanne Cordelia
Jeanne Eloise / Heloise
Jeanne Ermingarde
Jeanne Estella
Jeanne Eudora
Jeanne Henriette
Jeanne Hortense (I adore that you included poor Hortense. She's usually such a wall-flower around here.)
Jeanne Imelda (this is my favorite one)
Jeanne Letitia
Jeanne Lilias (bonny Jean Lilias would please me more)

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It's my middle name (Jean), and I'm usually called Jeanie, spelled like that.
I love my name.
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Aw. I adore the nn Jeanie. It's so spunky. I'm glad you are happy with it. I once toyed with the idea of using it for a dd. :-)

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Thanks! :-)
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Jeanne is so beautiful, as long as people pronounce it right. I love Jeanne Aurelie.
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Well...i love the name. But, personally i think you need to calm down on the middle names :D lol um....i prefer Jeanne as a middle name, but I like Jeanne Elizabeth/Eliza, Jeanne Isabelle/Isabella, Jeanne Lillian/Lilliana. Like i said, i dont think many names go with Jeanne as a middle name. And Jeanne makes a wonderful mn for almost any fn. Hope i helped!! p.s. i really like Vivian as a first or middle name. very cute!!
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If your pronouncing JEEN, I don't think it needs resuscitation. It's just not pleasing to me ear. But it your pronouncing it ZHAN, then go for it, it's really pretty.I like:Jeanne Clementine
Jeanne Eleanor
Jeanne Elinor
Jeanne Ermengarde
Jeanne Melisande
Jeanne Octavia
Jeanne Primrose
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