Jack name - Meaning of Jack
- Gender
- Masculine
- Lucky Number
- 7
- Usage
- English, Hebrew
- Pronounced
- JAK
- Jack Meaning
- Derived from Jackin (earlier Jankin), a medieval diminutive of John. It is often regarded as an independent name. During the Middle Ages it was very common, and it became a slang word meaning "man". It was frequently used in fairy tales and nursery rhymes, such as 'Jack and the Beanstalk', 'Little Jack Horner', and 'Jack Sprat'. American writers Jack London (1876-1916) and Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) were two famous bearers of this name. It is also borne by American actor Jack Nicholson (1937-). Jack is a medieval diminutive of John. John originates in Hebrew language and means "God is merciful". It has been one of the most popular masculine given names over centuries, and in different spellings all over the world. Throughout history it was borne by numerous kings, princes, emperors, popes and saints, the most famous being John the Baptist and John the Apostle. More recently, the famous bearers include John F. Kennedy and John Lennon.
Jack Related Names
Variant: Jake
Diminutive: Jackie
Other Languages: Gjon (Albanian), Yahya (Arabic), Hovhannes (Armenian), Ganix, Ion, Jon (Basque), Yan (Belarusian), John (Biblical), Ioannes (Biblical Greek), Yehochanan, Yochanan (Biblical Hebrew), Iohannes (Biblical Latin), Yann (Breton), Ioan, Ivan, Yan, Yoan (Bulgarian), Joan, Jan (Catalan), Jowan (Cornish), Ghjuvan (Corsican), Ivan (Croatian), Ivan, Jan, Johan (Czech), Jan, Jens, Johan, Johannes, Jon (Danish), Jan, Johan, Johannes (Dutch), Johano (Esperanto), Jaan, Johannes, Juhan (Estonian), Jani, Janne, Johannes, Joni, Jouni, Juhana, Juhani (Finnish), Jean, Yann, Jeannot (French), Xoán (Galician), Ioane, Ivane (Georgian), Jan, Johann, Johannes (German), Ioannes, Ioannis, Yanni, Yannis, Yianni, Yiannis (Greek), Keoni (Hawaiian), Yochanan (Hebrew), János (Hungarian), Jóhann, Jóhannes, Jón (Icelandic), Eoin, Sean, Seán, Shane (Irish), Giovanni (Italian), Johannes, Joannes (Late Roman), Jānis (Latvian), Sjang, Sjeng (Limburgish), Jonas (Lithuanian), Johan (Low German), Ivan, Jovan (Macedonian), Ean, Juan (Manx), Hann, Jackin, Jan, Jon, Jankin (Medieval English), Jehan (Medieval French), Jan, Jens, Johan, Johannes, Jon (Norwegian), Joan (Occitan), Iwan, Jan, Janusz (Polish), João (Portuguese), Ioan, Ion (Romanian), Ioann, Ivan (Russian), Juhán (Sami), Eoin, Iain, Ian, Jock, Seoc, Jockie, Jocky (Scottish), Ivan, Jovan (Serbian), Ján (Slovak), Ivan, Jan, Janez, Žan, Anže (Slovene), Iván, Juan, Xuan (Spanish), Jan, Jens, Johan, Johannes, Jon (Swedish), Yahya (Turkish), Ivan (Ukrainian), Evan, Iefan, Ieuan, Ifan, Ioan, Iwan, Siôn (Welsh)
Jack Celebrities
Jack Nicholson - actor, Jack Lemmon - actor, Jack Adams - hockey player, Jack Gibson - hockey player, Jack Klugman - actor, Jack Lambert - football player, Jack Morris - baseball player, Jack Arnold - film director,
