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Jayne

American  
[jeyn] / dʒeɪn /

noun

  1. a female given name.


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Two years prior, Brock’s old friend Sam Jayne, lead singer of regional peers Lync and Love as Laughter, was found dead in his car.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 9, 2026

Ice dancers Dame Jayne and Sir Christopher took home the Olympic gold at the 1984 Winter Games for their Bolero performance.

From BBC Jun. 2, 2026

A memoir from the writer Jayne Anne Phillips preserves on the page images of the coal-country town of her childhood.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 2026

"It was a clean sweep with respect to liability against both Google and Meta," case attorney Jayne Conroy told the BBC after the verdict.

From BBC Mar. 27, 2026

“You know," Colin said, “the movie star Jayne Mansfield lived in a pink mansion."

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green

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