Just to add that I've had several ancestors who used; Jean and Jane; Jane and Janet; and Jessie and Janet interchangeably. On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 2:22 PM, J Blain <jenny.blain@freeuk.com> wrote: > Just to add to this: > I haven't found Janet and Jean to be interchangeable - though Jane > and Jean are in the older records. However Janet often became either > Jessie (as Gordon said) or Jenny. > > Jenny > >>On 12/08/2010 08:00, Kay wrote: >>>  "Janet" and "Jane" are interchangeable. >>> >>** Perhaps in some circumstances, as Janet was originally the pet form, >>or diminutive, of Jane, but in recent centuries, Jane and Jean are the >>same, and Jessie, sometimes Jess, is the familiar form of Janet. The >>Oxford Book of English Christian Names says in its article on  Janet " >>It is now chiefly used in Scotland and is generally given as an >>independent name sometimes in the diminutive forn Netta or Nettie. In an >>article on Jessie, it says "A Scottish diminutive of Janet, now often >>used as an independent name". >>Gordon. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PERTHSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >