Gean

Remember my cherry geekery discussion about the two types of cherries, bigarreau and gean? I assumed since the first term was French, the second was also, probably pronounced like the French man's name Jean. But no. I just learned that it's an anglicization of the French word guines and is pronounced like the English woman's name Jean. Amusant, non? But see correction below

Also, gean is supposedly the common name for the British wild sweet cherry (Prunus avium), one of the parents of modern sweet cherries -- confirmation from any UK readers? Is gean in common usage there?

Correction: gean is pronounced with a hard 'g' as in guy. This makes sense because the French word has a hard 'g' also. I should have read my dictionary more carefully.