Jett - Meaning of Jett

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[ 1 syll. jet(t), je-tt ] The baby boy name Jett is also used as a girl name, but it is much more common for boys. Its pronunciation is JHehT †.

1: Jett is an English name of Middle English origin. The name is of the meaning to throw.

Jett has 17 variants. Variants include Jet, Jeta, Jetahl, Jetal, Jete, Jetia, Jetson, Jettal, Jettale, Jette, Jettea, Jettee, Jetter, Jettey, and Jetti. The pet forms Jettie and Jetty are other English variants.

2: Jett is of English origin. Here, the meaning is jet.

3: Jett is of Old Greek origin. Meaning: jet-black.

In addition, Jett is a contraction of the name Jethro (English).

See also the related categories, english and greek.

Jett is a fairly popular baby name for boys. The name's popularity has been increasing since the 1990s; before that, it was of infrequent use only. At the modest height of its usage in 2017, 0.059% of baby boys were given the name Jett. Its ranking then was #301. In 2018, its usage was 0.058% and its ranking #304, and it was the most popular within all boy names in its group.

Baby names that sound like Jett include Jet, Jette, Jad, Jade, Jaed, Jaede, Jaid, Jaide, Jayd, Jed, Jedd, Jeet, Jete, Jeth, Jethe, Joed, Jost, Jud, Judd, and Jude.

† English pronunciation for Jett: JH as in "joy (JH.OY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; T as in "tee (T.IY)"