<p>Joan is just the English version of the French name Jeanne, both of which are female forms of the Biblical name John. </p>

<p>In the original Japanese, Caster refers to Saber as ジャンヌ <em>jannu</em>, which is the Japanese pronunciation of French "Jeanne". English "Joan" would be ジョーン <em>jōn</em>. I haven't seen the English dub, but I imagine that Caster is using the French version there, too.</p>

<p>Given that Caster is Bluebeard (i.e. Gilles de Rais, who was a French person), it makes sense that he would use the French version of the name rather than the English version.</p>

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<p>In the Aniplex English dub, when Caster mistakenly refers to Saber as <a href="http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Joan_of_Arc" rel="nofollow">Joan</a>, he adds his French accent to the pronunciation of her name.</p>

<p>Now the wikia for Joan mentions 2 ways of spelling her name, <em>Joan of Arc</em> and <em>Jeanne d'Arc</em>. I don't know French all that well and for all I know, Caster could be saying either. So I am wondering, when Caster says Joan's name, is he using Joan or Jeanne?</p>

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What spelling is Caster using to refer to Joan?
# What spelling is Caster using to refer to Joan?
Posted by: username_0 on 2014-12-07
In the Aniplex English dub, when Caster mistakenly refers to Saber as [Joan](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Joan_of_Arc), he adds his French accent to the pronunciation of her name.

Now the wikia for Joan mentions 2 ways of spelling her name, *Joan of Arc* and *Jeanne d'Arc*. I don't know French all that well and for all I know, Caster could be saying either. So I am wondering, when Caster says Joan's name, is he using Joan or Jeanne?
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### Answer by username_1 on 2014-12-08. Score: 3 | Accepted answer
Joan is just the English version of the French name Jeanne, both of which are female forms of the Biblical name John.

In the original Japanese, Caster refers to Saber as ジャンヌ *jannu*, which is the Japanese pronunciation of French "Jeanne". English "Joan" would be ジョーン *jōn*. I haven't seen the English dub, but I imagine that Caster is using the French version there, too.

Given that Caster is Bluebeard (i.e. Gilles de Rais, who was a French person), it makes sense that he would use the French version of the name rather than the English version.
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