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Jeannie

American  
[jee-nee] / ˈdʒi ni /
French Jeanie,

noun

  1. a female given name, form of Jean.


Example Sentences

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“I desperately wanted to live in Scotia,” recalled Jeannie Fulton, who is now the head of the Humboldt County Farm Bureau.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2026

“You want to think about how important it is that your providers are in-network,” said Jeannie Fuglesten Biniek, associate director for the program on Medicare policy at KFF, an independent health-policy research organization.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 28, 2025

“Last week I met up with a guy I used to skate with when I was a kid,” says 52-year-old skater Jeannie Wong, a San Francisco radiation therapist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 21, 2025

Jeannie is one of about 1,000 people who can’t access a treatment that could extend their lives because it has not been approved for funding on the NHS in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

From BBC • Oct. 17, 2024

And then, the next day, “Gee, Jeannie, no. I’m really sorry.”

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston