Located on the east side of the Burin Peninsula approximately 10 km northeast of Marystown, one would presume that this would translate from the French into the English "John's Bay" or "Jean's Bay".

According to Wikipedia contributors, "Jean is a male name derived from the Old French Jehan. The female equivalent is Jeanne... and derives from the Old French Jehanne.

Both names derive from the Latin name Johannes, itself from the Koine Greek name Ioannes, the name used for various New Testament characters, most notably John the Baptist is Gracious".

In the ENL it is written that this "somewhat unusual name is apparently a corruption of the French Baie D'Argent (Bay of Silver), this conjecture supported by the fact that the cove on which the settlement is located is known as D'Argent Bay", however as the authors of the Encyclopedia are apt to do, in the next sentence it is written "although Howley notes that it appears on a French map of 1784 as "John the Bay."

So which theory is correct? Brooks (2013) appeared rather skeptical about the "corruption" theory.

He wrote "it is not known how long it must have taken for the original [Baie D'Argent or D'Argent Bay] to slowly corrupt to Jean de Baie, which doesn't seem to be a close similarity in spelling or pronunciation".

The population in 2016 was 171, fairly stable from the statistics of 2011 where it showed there were 17 residents (a drop of 1.2%)

Used with permission from "Uncovering the Origin of 1001 Unique Place Names in Newfoundland and Labrador" 2021 Jennifer Leigh Hill

Address of this page: http://nl.ruralroutes.com/JeandeBaie