Jane

In Tarzan, Jane Porter and her father traveled to Africa to study gorillas. There, they met Tarzan, and the three of them protected the gorillas from their guide, Clayton, who wanted to hunt gorillas to sell on the black market. In the process, Jane and Tarzan fell in love, and Jane and her father stayed in Africa with him. Jane also appeared in Tarzan & Jane and the television series The Legend of Tarzan.

In Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins was nanny for Jane Banks and her brother Michael.  She and Michael went through many nannies before Mary Poppins came. Mary Poppins helped repair the relationship Jane and her brother had with their parents.

In Return to Neverland, Jane was the daughter of Wendy Darling and her husband Edward. Jane was a child during World War II and she grew up too fast as a result. After she was kidnapped by Captain Hook who mistook her for her mother, she met Peter Pan and Tinker Bell for herself and began to believe again.

In Disney's Descendants, Jane was the daughter of the Fairy Godmother and a student at Auradon Prep. Jane was socially awkward and insecure about her appearance. Mal preyed on Jane's insecurities, hoping that Jane would guilt her mother into using her magic wand to make her beautiful, and give Mal an opportunity to steal it.

In Marvel's Thor movies, Jane Foster was an astrophysicist that was a colleague of Dr. Erik Selvig. She and Thor became involved in a romantic relationship after she hits him with her car when he was banished on Earth.

Jane is a Hebrew name that means 'God is gracious.' It is the feminine form of John. Jane has always been in the top 1,000 names in the U.S. In 2013, Jane was the 322nd most popular name in the U.S.

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