Names starting with J
1,245 Names found
Means "wild goat" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament, this is the name of a servant of Solomon.
Means "he answers" in Hebrew, from עָנָה (ʿana) meaning "to answer". This name appears briefly in the Old Testament.
Diminutive of Jaana 2.
Means "they will do" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament, this was a descendant of Bani.
Means "God is my maker" in Hebrew, from עָשָׂה (ʿasa) meaning "to make" and אֵל (ʾel) meaning "God". Two minor characters in the Old Testament bear...
Means "almighty, powerful" in Swahili, ultimately from Arabic جبّار (jabbār). It began to be adopted by African-American parents after being featured...
Means "powerful" in Arabic, from جبر (jabara) meaning "to force, to compel". In Islamic tradition, الجبّار (al-Jabbār) is one of the 99 names of...
Means "sorrow" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament, this character is blessed by God.
Means "perceptive" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament, two kings of Hazor bore this name.
Means "comforter, setter of bones" in Arabic, from the root جبر (jabara) meaning "to restore, to console, to set a bone".
Means "force, compulsion, setting of bones" in Arabic, from the root جبر (jabara) meaning "to force, to compel, to set a bone".
Variant of Jacqueline.
Short form of Jason, sometimes used as an independent name. It gained some attention in America through the lead character of the western television...
Polish form of Hyacinthus. Saint Jacenty was a 13th-century Dominican monk from Krakow, reputed to have undertaken missionary journeys across...
An invented name, combining the popular phonetic element jay with the same sound found in names like Casey and Macy.
Means "he establishes" in Hebrew, from כּוּן (kun) meaning "to establish". In the Old Testament, this was a son of Simeon. It was also the name of...
Diminutive of Jacqueline.
From Tupi îaçy meaning "moon".
Derived from Tupi îasy "moon" and îara "lady, lord".
Hungarian form of Hyacinthus.
Spanish and Portuguese feminine form of Hyacinthus.
From the English word for the orange precious stone, sharing the same origin as Hyacinth.
French cognate of Hyacinth 2.
Spanish and Portuguese form of Hyacinthus.
Means "honey moon" in Tupi, from îaçy "moon" and eíra "honey".
The name Jack is derived from Jankin, a diminutive form of John used in medieval times, and it may also have been influenced by the French name Jacque...
Variant of Jacqueline.
Diminutive of Jacqueline.
Diminutive of Jack or Jacqueline. Well-known bearers include baseball player Jackie Robinson (1919-1972), the first African American in Major League...
Variant of Jankin.
Variant of Jacqueline, most common in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.
Variant of Jacqueline.
Derived from the English surname Jackson, which signifies "son of Jack". Notable individuals who carried this surname include the American president...
Diminutive of Jacques.
Contracted variant of Jacqueline.
Portuguese form of Jacob.
From Latin Iacob, from Greek Ἰακώβ (Iakob), from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (Yaʿaqov). In the Old Testament, Jacob (later called Israel) is the son of Isaac and R...
Spanish form of Iacobus, the New Testament Latin form of James. In Spanish, the apostles are also commonly referred to as Santiago.
Latin form of Jacob, also used in Dutch.