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A surname originating as a patronymic derived from a medieval variant of John. examples
A female given name from Hebrew, a 20th-century spelling of Jane. quotations examples
"Having lunch with the Gorgons today?" Andrew had asked her. It was his oft-stated opinion that the ys in Kathryn and Jayne's names were their compensation for a missing, but coveted, male chromosome.
'1997, Sharyn McCrumb, “The Luncheon”, in Foggy Mountain Breakdown and Other Stories, page 118