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Jackson - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Jackson
 
 

 


The boy name Jackson [ 2 syll. jac-(k)son, ja-cks-on ] is pronounced JHAEKSahN KEY. Jackson is of English origin and it is also used mainly in the English language. Jackson has the meaning 'son of Jack'. Derived from the element son. The first name is from the surname meaning 'son of Jack'. The first name was adopted in the 19th century on a modest scale; in the USA, it was promoted by the popularity of the President Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) and the Confederate general Thomas Jonathan 'Stonewall' Jackson (1824-63).

Variant forms of Jackson include Jaxon (English) and Jaxson (English). See also the related form, Jack (English).

Jackson is very popular as a baby name for boys, and it is also considered trendy. The name's popularity has been growing since the 1960s. Its usage peaked recently in 2007 with 0.528% of baby boys being given the name Jackson. Its ranking then was #33. Among all boy names in its group, Jackson was the most popular in 2007. Jackson was used 9.426% more than the next ranked name, Jack (English), in that year.

Baby names that sound like Jackson include Jaxson (English), Jaheim (English), Jamie (English and Scottish), Jaquan (English), Jasmin (French), Jason (English), Jaxon (English), Jayson (English), Jimmie (English), Jimmy (English), Joakim (Scandinavian), Jochen (German), Johnnie (English), Johnny (English), Jona (English and Hebrew), Jonah (English), Juwan (English), Gian (Italian), Gianni (Italian), Gino (Italian), Jan (Czech, Dutch, German, Polish, and Scandinavian), Jann (German), Jean (French), Jim (English), Joan (Catalan), John (English), Jon (Scandinavian), Joona (Finnish), Juhani (Finnish), Gene (English), Giacomo (Italian), Gjon (Albanian), Gioacchino (Italian), and Geminiano (Italian).

KEY: Pronunciation for Jackson: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"


A famous person named Jackson is Artist, Jackson Pollock, born 28 January 1912 - 11 August 1956, Cody, Wyoming.

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