First name origins & meanings:
- Hebrew: The supplanter
- Hebrew: God's grace
First name variations: Jakob, Jacobo, Jacopo, Jacoba, Jacobson, Jacobi, Jacobine, Jacobina, Jayme, Jacques, Jacinto, Jascha, Jake, Jackob, Jakub, Jack, Jeb, Cob, Cobb, Giacobo, Giacomo, Iago, Iacovo, Yago, Yaacov, Yacov, Yakov, Jaccob, Jachob, Jaco, Jacobb, Jacub, Jaecob, Jaicob, Jalu, Jecis, Jeks, Jeska, Jocek, Jock, Jocob, Jocobb, Jokubus, Jacob, Johnny, Johnnie, Jack, Jock, Jocko, Johann, Johan, Jenner, Janos, Jovan, Juan, Johannes, Johnson, Johnavon, Jansen, Janson, Jones, Jenkins, Hanson, Hansen, Jonnel, Hans, Ivan, Ian, Iaian, Eoin, Sean, Shawn, Shane, Seain, Zane, Jaenda, Janco, Jantje, Jian, Joen, Johne, Jone, Jontavius, Johahn, Johanan, Johane, Johannan, Johaun, Johon, Jehan, Jehann, Jenkin, Jenkins, Jenkyn, Jenkyns, Jennings, Jens, Jense, Jentz, Jones, Joenes, Joennes, Joenns, Johnsie, Joness, Jonesy, Juhana, Juha, Juhanah, Juhanna, Juhannah, Juho, John
Last name origins & meanings:
- English, Scottish, and northern Irish: patronymic from Jack
1. As an American surname this has absorbed other patronymics
beginning with J- in various European languages.
- This extremely common British name was brought over by numerous
different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. One forebear was the
father and namesake of the seventh U.S. president, Andrew Jackson, who
migrated to SC from Carrickfergus in the north of Ireland in 1765. The
Confederate General Thomas ‘Stonewall’ Jackson came from VA, where his
great-grandfather John, likewise of Scotch–Irish stock, had settled
after emigrating to America in 1748.
Famous people with this first name:
Jackson Browne
Famous people with this last name:
Michael Jackson,
Samuel L. Jackson
Famous people who gave their babies this name:
Jackie Chan,
Spike Lee,
Natalie Maines,
Bill Murray,
Katey Sagal,
Patti Smith
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