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Jack - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Jack
 
 

 


The boy name Jack [ 1 syll. jac(k), ja-ck ] is pronounced JHAEK KEY. Jack's language of origin is Hebrew and it is predominantly used in the English language. Variants of Jack include the pet forms Jackie (English) and Jacky (English). Jack is a pet form of John (English). See also the related forms, Jackson (English) and Jay (English).

Jack is a very popular baby boy name, and it is also considered trendy. At the height of its usage in 1927, 1.101% of baby boys were given the name Jack. It had a ranking of #16 then. The baby name has seen a steep drop in popularity since then. In 2007, it ranked at #38 with a usage of 0.483%, enjoying a minor resurgence in the recent decade. Within all boy names in its family, Jack was the 3rd most popular after John (English) and Jackson (English). It was more commonly used than Jack by 35% in 2007. The name Jack has been mainly given to boys, although it has also been used as a girl name in the last century. There were 189 times as many boys than girls who were named Jack in 1933.

Baby names that sound like Jack include Jace (English), Jai (Indian), Jake (English), Jay (English), Jelle (Dutch), Jess (English), Jo (Dutch, German, and English), Joash (English), Joe (English and French), Joos (Dutch), Josh (English), Jackie (English), Jacky (English), Jascha (Russian), Jesse (English and German), Jessie (English), Jessy (English and German), Jesus (English, German, Portuguese, and Spanish), Jesús (Spanish), Joa (English), Joah (English and German), Joas (German), João (Portuguese), Joey (English), Josia (German), Josue (French and Spanish), Juho (Finnish), Jussi (Finnish), Géza (German and Hungarian), Gye (English), Joahaz (English), Joshua (English), Josiah (English), Josias (German), Josua (German), Giosuè (Italian), and Jehoahaz (English).

KEY: Pronunciation for Jack: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)"


Details of famous persons named Jack:
Actor Jack Black, born 28 August 1969, Hermosa Beach, California.
Actor Jack Klugman, born 27 April 1922, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Actor Jack Lemmon, born John Uhler Lemmon III 8 February 1925 - 27 June 2001, Newton, Massachusetts.
Actor Jack Lord, born John Joseph Patrick Ryan 30 December 1920 - 21 January 1998, New York, New York.
Actor Jack Nicholson, born 22 April 1937, Neptune, New Jersey.
Actor Jack Palance, born Walter Jack Palahnuik 18 February 1919 - 10 November 2006, Lattimer, Pennsylvania.
Actor Jack Wild, born 30 September 1952 - 1 March 2006, Manchester, England.
Bodybuilder Jack La Lanne, born 26 September 1914, San Francisco, California.
Cartoonist Jack T. Chick, born 13 April 1924, Los Angeles, California.
Cartoonist Jack Kamen, born 29 May 1920, Brooklyn, New York.

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