Baby name
FADING
🇩🇪 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 Jeannie
/JEE · nee/
Meaning
“Gift of God”
English diminutive form of Jean, from Hebrew Yochanan; gained widespread US recognition through the TV series I Dream of Jeannie (1965-1970).
Nicknames
jean
Vibe
gentle
How it ages.
The TV association dates it squarely to the 1960s-70s US.
The cultural moment.
Common in the US from the 1960s-1970s, largely driven by the TV series; now rare.