JABRIL (m) Arabic form of GABRIEL
JACINDA (f) Form of HYACINTH
JACK (m) French short form of JACOB or JAMES or a pet form of JOHN.
JACLYN (f) Form of JACQUELINE
JACOB (m) "to hold the heel" or "supplanter" from the
Hebrew name Yaakov.
JACQUELINE (f) French feminine form of JACOB
JACQUI (f) Short form of JACQUELINE
JADE (f) "jade" (English). From the name of the precious stone that
is often used in carvings.
JADWIGA (f) Polish form of HEDWIG.
JAFAR (m) "stream" (Arabic).
JAFET (m) Form of JAPHETH
JAGO (m) Cornish form of JACOB
JAIME (m) Spanish form of JAMES
JAKE (m) Form of JACK
JAKOB (m) German or Scandinavian form of JACOB
JAMAL (m,f) "beauty" (Arabic
JAMES (m) Latin/English form of JACOB that comes to us through the Latin form Iacomus.
JAMIE (m,f) Scottish pet form of JAMES or a feminine form of JAMES
JAMILA (f) "beautiful" (Arabic)
JAMIN (m) "right hand" (Hebrew)
JAMISON (m) "descendent of JAMES (Old English), from a surname.
JAN
(m,f) Dutch and Polish form of JOHN or a feminine form of JOHN.
JANA (f) Dutch and Polish feminine form of JOHN
JANE (f) Feminine form of JOHN.
JANEL (f) Pet form of JANE
JANELLE (f) Pet form of JANE
JANET (f) Pet form of JANE
JANICE (f) Form of JANE
JANINE (f) Pet form of JANE
JANNAH (f) Form of JANE
JANNE (f) Variant of JAN
JANNIKE (f) Scandinavian form of JEANETTE
JAPHETH (m) "enlargement" from the Hebrew name Yepheth.
JARED (m) Perhaps "descendent" (Hebrew). This was the name of a
close descendent of Adam in the Old Testament.
JAREK (m) Pet form of Slavic names beginning with jaro
"spring".
JARMILA (f) Czech feminine form of JAROMIL
JAROGNIEW (m) "spring anger" (Slavic)
JAROMIL (m) "spring favour" from Slavic jaro "spring"
and mil "favour".
JAROMIR (m) "spring peace" or "spring great" (Slavic). The
first element is Slavic jaro "spring". The second element is
either mir "peace" or meri "great".
JARON (m, f) "to sing" or "to shout" (Hebrew)
JAROSLAV (m) Czech form of JAROSLAW
JAROSLAW (m) Polish; "spring glory" from Slavic jaro
"spring" and slawa "glory"
JARVIS (m) From a surname that derives from the name GERVAISE
JASMINE (f) From Persian Yasmin, the name of a climbing plant with
fragrant flowers. It is used for making perfumes.
JASON (m) "healer" from Greek iasthai
"to heal".
JASPER (m) Either "treasurer" (Persian) or "jasper"
(Greek). Jasper is a green gemstone. A national park in Canada bears this
name.
JAUME (m) Catalan form of JAMES
JAUMET (m) Pet form of JAUME
JAVAN (m) Possibly "Greece" (Hebrew)..
JAVIER (m) Spanish or Portuguese form of XAVIER
JAY
(m) Short form of names beginning with J or a form of GAIUS. It can
also be given in reference to the name of the jay bird.
JAYMA (f) Variant form of JAMIE
JEAN (f,m) Either a form of JANE (feminine) or a French form of JOHN
(masculine).
JEANETTE (f) Pet form of JEAN
JEANINE (f) Pet form of JEAN
JEANNE (f) French feminine form of JOHN..
JEB
(m) Possibly a short form of JACOB. This name may have also resulted from a
nickname of James Ewell Brown Stuart, a Confederate officer in the American
Civil War, which was formed from the initial letters of his three given names.
JED
(m) Short form of JEDIDIAH
JEDIDIAH (m) "beloved of the Lord" (Hebrew).
JEDRZEJ (m) An old Polish form of ANDREW
JEFF (m) Short form of JEFFREY
JEFFERSON (m) "son of JEFFREY" (Old English). From a surname.
JEFFREY (m) Form of GEOFFREYor "good peace" (Teutonic)
JEKATERINA (f) Russian form of KATHERINE
JEMIMA (f) "dove" (Hebrew).
JEMMA (f) Variant of GEMMA
JEN
(f) Short form of JENNIFER, often used as an independent given name. Visit a
web page devoted to the name Jen
JENELLE (f) Pet form of JENNIFER or JEAN
JENI (f) Short form of JENNIFER
JENIFARI (f) Form of JENNIFER
JENNA (f) Short form of JENNIFER
JENNI (f) Short form of JENNIFER
JENNIE (f) Short form of JENNIFER
JENNIFER (f) Cornish form of GUINEVERE or possibly a form of GENEVIEVE.
JENNY (f) Short form of JENNIFER
JENS (m) Danish form of JOHN
JEPHTHAH (m) "the Lord sets free" (Hebrew).
JEPTHA (m) Form of JEPHTHAH
JEREMIAH (m) "high of the Lord" (Hebrew).
JEREMIAS (m) German or Greek form of JEREMIAH
JEREMY (m) Anglicized form of JEREMIAH.
JEROEN (m) Dutch form of JEROME
JEROME (m) "sacred name" from Greek Hieronymos.
JERRY (m) Short form of JEREMY or GERALD
JERUSHA (f) "possession" (Hebrew).
JERZY (m) Polish form of GEORGE
JESSE (m) "the Lord exists" or "gift" (Hebrew).
JESSICA (f) "the Lord beholds" or "the Lord's gift"
(Hebrew). Sometimes taken as a feminine form of JESS
JESSIE (f) Either a short form of JESSICA or a Scottish pet form of JEAN
JESUS (m) Greek form of JOSHUA.
JEUNESSE (f) "youth" (French)
JEWEL (f) "jewel" from the English word for a precious stone.
JILL (f) Form of GILLIAN
JIM
(m) Form of JAMES
JIN
(m) "gold" (Chinese)
JO
(m, f) Short form of JOSEPH, JOSEPHINE, JONATHAN, JOANNE, or JOLENE
JOACHIM (m) "established by the Lord" (Hebrew).
JOAN (f,m) Feminine form of JOHN. Joan can also be a Catalan form of JOHN
(masculine).
JOANNA (f) Latinized feminine form of JOHN
JOANNE (f) Old French feminine form of JOHN
JOANNES (m) Greek form of JOHN
JOAO (m) Portuguese form of JOHN
JOAQUIM (m) Portuguese and Catalan form of JOACHIM
JOAQUIN (m) Spanish form of JOACHIM
JOB
(m) "persecuted" (Hebrew).
JOCELYN (f) "of the Gauts" (Teutonic) from an Old German name. The
Gauts were a Germanic tribe.
JODIE (f) Form of JUDITH
JOE
(m) Short form of JOSEPH.
JOEL (m) "the Lord is God" or possibly "one that
commands" (Hebrew). A minor prophet in the Old Testament and the author
of the Book of Joel.
JOELLE (f) French feminine form of JOEL
JOETTA (f) Pet form of JO
JOHAN (m) Scandinavian and Low German form of JOHN
JOHANN (m) German form of JOHN.
JOHANNA (f) Latin feminine form of JOHN used in many European countries.
JOHANNES (m) Ancient Latin and modern German form of JOHN.
JOHN (m) "the Lord has favoured" from the Hebrew name Johanan.
JOLENE (f) Form of JULIANA or blend of name elements jo + lene.
JON
(m) Swedish and Icelandic form of JOHN or short form of JONATHAN
JONAH (m) "a dove" from Hebrew yonah.
JONAS (m) Greek form of JONAH
JONATHAN (m) "the Lord's gift" (Hebrew).
JONELLE (f) Feminine form of JOHN
JONETTE (f) Feminine pet form of JOHN
JONIE (f) Feminine form of JOHN or JONAH
JONNA (f) Danish short form of JOHANNA
JORDAN (m, f) "descend" or "flowing down" (Hebrew). Jordan
is the name of a river flowing through modern day Jordan and Israel. John the
Baptist baptized Jesus Christ in its waters. It became a personal name after
crusaders brought back water from the river to baptize their children.
JÖRG (m) German short form of GEORGE
JORGE (m) Spanish and Portuguese form of GEORGE
JORGEN (m) Danish form of GEORGE
JORIE (f) Feminine form of JORDAN or a variant of the French word jolie
"pretty".
JORN (m) Short form of JORGEN
JOSÉ (m) Spanish form of JOSEPH
JOSEFA (f) Spanish and Portuguese feminine form of JOSEPH
JOSEPH (m) "the Lord added" (Hebrew).
JOSEPHINE (f) French feminine form of JOSEPH.
JOSETTE (f) Pet form of JOSEPHINE
JOSH (m) Short form of JOSHUA
JOSHUA (m) "the Lord is my salvation" (Hebrew).
JOSIAH (m) "the Lord supports" (Hebrew). A king of Judah in the Old
Testament.
JOSIANE (f) Pet form of JOSEPHINE
JOUNI (m) Finnish form of JOHN
JOY
(f) "joy" (English)
JOYCE (f) Meaning unknown from the Celtic name Jodocus, or possibly
"joyful" from the Latin name Jocosa. This was the surname of
the novelist James Joyce.
JUAN (m) Spanish form of JOHN. Don Juan is a character in Spanish legend. He
killed his lover's father, but was dragged to hell by him.
JUANITA (f) Spanish feminine form of JOHN
JUBAL (m) "small stream" (Hebrew).
JUDAS (m) Greek form of JUDAH. Judas Iscariot was the apostle who betrayed
Jesus.
JUDE (m) Form of JUDAS.
JUDIT (f) Hungarian form of JUDITH
JUDITH (f) "woman from Judea" (Hebrew).
JUDY (f) Short form of JUDITH.
JULES (m) French form of JULIUS
JULIA (f) Latin feminine form of JULIUS
JULIAN (m) From the Roman name Julianus, which derives from JULIUS.
JULIANA (f) Feminine form of JULIAN. A queen of the Netherlands has borne this
name.
JULIANNE (f) Feminine form of JULIAN
JULIE (f) Feminine form of JULIUS
JULIEN (m) French form of JULIAN
JULIET (f) Pet form of JULIE. She is the lover of Romeo in Shakespeare's play
'Romeo and Juliet'.
JULIETTE (f) Pet form of JULIE
JULIO (m) Spanish form of JULIUS
JULIUS (m) Perhaps either "downy bearded" from Greek ioulos or
"descended from Jove" (Latin) from the Roman family name Jovilios,
Jove being a name of the Roman god Jupiter.
JUNE (f) "June" (English) from the name of the month.
JUNO (f) Meaning unknown (Latin).
JUPITER (m) "divine father" (Latin
JÜRGEN (m) German form of GEORGE
JUSTIN (m) From the Roman name Justinus, which derived from JUSTUS.
JUSTINE (f) French feminine form of JUSTIN. '
JUSTUS (m) "just" (Latin)
JUTTA (f) German form of JUDITH
JYOTI (f) "light" from Sanskrit jyotis
JYOTSNA (f) "moonlight" (Sanskrit)