thearchivalist:

The funniest thing in the Brick is the names of Valjean’s family.

His dad’s name was Jean.

His mother’s name was Jeanne.

And the name Valjean is slang that came about because people used to shout “there’s Jean” (voilà Jean became vla Jean became Valjean)

So one of the most integral characters in Les Mis has a name that roughly translates to “Jean There’s Jean”