Jean is the medieval Scottish-English feminine of John — from the Hebrew *Yochanan* ("God is gracious"). **A top-15 US baby name from 1907 to 1933, peaking at #11 in 1921**. **Jean Harlow (1911-1937)** — born Harlean Carpenter — **the Blonde Bombshell of the early Hollywood sound era; her platinum blonde hair gave the color its name**. Died at 26 of kidney failure. **Jean Stafford (1915-1979)** — American novelist; Pulitzer for *Collected Stories* (1970). **Jean Stapleton (1923-2013)** — Edith Bunker on *All in the Family* (1971-1979). **Jean Rhys (1890-1979)** — Dominican-born British novelist; *Wide Sargasso Sea* (1966) reimagined *Jane Eyre* from Bertha Mason's perspective.
Subject of David Stenn's *Bombshell: The Life and Death of Jean Harlow* (1993).
Jean reduces to five — the number of God is gracious.