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JEAN (1)   m   French
French form of Jehan, the Old French form of Iohannes (see JOHN)... [more]

JEAN (2)   f   English
Medieval English variant of Jehanne (see JANE)... [more]

JEANA   f   English
Variant of GINA, probably influenced by JEAN (2).

JEAN-BAPTISTE   m   French
Combination of JEAN (1) and BAPTISTE, referring to Saint John the Baptist.

JEANE   f   English
Variant of JEAN (2)

JEANETTE   f   French, English
Variant of JEANNETTE

JEANIE   f   English
Diminutive of JEAN (2)

JEANINE   f   French, English
Variant of JEANNINE

JEAN-MARIE   m   French
Combination of JEAN (1) and MARIE

JEANNA   f   English
Variant of GINA, probably influenced by JEAN (2).

JEANNE   f   French, English
Modern French form of Jehanne, an Old French feminine form of Iohannes (see JOHN)... [more]

JEANNETTE   f   French, English
Diminutive of JEANNE

JEANNIE   f   English
Diminutive of JEANNE

JEANNINE   f   French, English
Diminutive of JEANNE

JEANNOT   m   French
Diminutive of JEAN (1)

JEB   m   English
Sometimes a diminutive of JACOB... [more]

JED   m   English
Short form of JEDIDIAH

JEDIDAH   f   Biblical
Means "beloved" in Hebrew... [more]

JEDIDIAH   m   Biblical
Means "beloved of YAHWEH" in Hebrew... [more]

JĘDRZEJ   m   Polish
An old Polish form of ANDREW

JEETENDRA   m   Indian
Variant transcription of JITENDRA

JEF   m   Dutch
Dutch short form of JOZEF

JEFF   m   English
Short form of JEFFREY

JEFFERSON   m   English
From an English surname meaning "son of JEFFREY"... [more]

JEFFERY   m   English
Variant of JEFFREY

JEFFREY   m   English
Medieval variant of GEOFFREY... [more]

JEFFRY   m   English
Variant of JEFFREY

JEHIEL   m   Biblical
Means "God lives" in Hebrew... [more]

JEHOASH   m   Biblical
From the Hebrew name יְהוֹאָשׁ (Yeho'ash), an extended form of יוֹאָשׁ (Yo'ash) (see JOASH)... [more]

JEHOIACHIN   m   Biblical
Means "established by YAHWEH" in Hebrew... [more]

JEHOIAKIM   m   Biblical
Means "raised by YAHWEH" in Hebrew... [more]

JEHONA   f   Albanian
Derived from Albanian jehonë "echo".

JEHORAM   m   Biblical
From the Hebrew name יְהוֹרָם (Yehoram) which meant "exalted by YAHWEH"... [more]

JEHOSHAPHAT   m   Biblical
Means "YAHWEH has judged" in Hebrew... [more]

JEHOVAH   m   Theology
Form of YAHWEH used in older translations of the Bible, produced by blending the letters of the tetragrammaton with the vowels from ADONAI.

JEHU   m   Biblical
Means "YAHWEH is he" in Hebrew... [more]

JEHUDI   m   Biblical
Means "Jew" in Hebrew... [more]

JEKATERINA   f   Russian
Variant transcription of YEKATERINA

JELANI   m   Eastern African
Means "mighty" in Swahili.

JELENA   f   Latvian, Croatian, Serbian
Latvian, Croatian and Serbian form of HELEN

JELKA   f   Slovene, Croatian
Slovene and Croatian diminutive of HELEN... [more]

JELLE   m   Frisian, Dutch
Diminutive of Germanic names beginning with the element geld "value, payment"... [more]

JELTJE   f   Frisian, Dutch
Feminine form of JELLE

JELTSJE   f   Frisian, Dutch
Feminine form of JELLE

JEM   m   English (Archaic)
Medieval form of JAMES

JEMIMA   f   Biblical, English
Means "dove" in Hebrew... [more]

JEMMA   f   English (British)
Variant of GEMMA

JEMMY   m   English (Archaic)
Medieval diminutive of JAMES

JEN   f   English
Short form of JENNIFER

JENA   f   English
Diminutive of JENNIFER

JENAE   f   English (Rare)
Diminutive of JENNIFER

JENARO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of Ianuarius (see GENNARO).

JENCI   m   Hungarian
Diminutive of JENŐ

JENELLE   f   English
Combination of JEN and the popular name suffix elle.

JENESSA   f   English (Rare)
Combination of JEN and the popular name suffix essa.

JENGO   m   Eastern African
Means "building" in Swahili.

JENI   f   English (Modern)
Short form of JENNIFER

JENIFER   f   English
Variant of JENNIFER

JENN   f   English
Short form of JENNIFER

JENNA   f   English
Variant of JENNY... [more]

JENNI (1)   f   Finnish
Finnish diminutive of JOHANNA

JENNI (2)   f   English
Variant of JENNY

JENNICA   f   English (Rare)
Combination of JENNIFER and JESSICA

JENNIE   f   English
Variant of JENNY... [more]

JENNIFER   f   English
From a Cornish form of the Welsh name Gwenhwyfar (see GUINEVERE)... [more]

JENNY   f   English
Originally a medieval diminutive of JANE... [more]

JENŐ   m   Hungarian
From the name of an ancient Hungarian tribe... [more]

JENS   m   Scandinavian
Danish form of JOHN

JEP   m   English (Archaic)
Medieval diminutive of GEOFFREY

JEPHTHA   m   Biblical (Variant)
Variant of JEPHTHAH

JEPHTHAH   m   Biblical
Means "he opens" in Hebrew... [more]

JEPPE   m   Danish
Diminutive of JAKOB

JEPSON   m   English (Rare)
From an English surname which meant "son of JEP".

JEPTHA   m   English (Archaic)
Variant of JEPHTHAH

JERALD   m   English
Variant of GERALD

JERE   m   Finnish, English
Diminutive of JEREMIAH

JEREMIAH   m   English, Biblical
From the Hebrew name יִרְמְיָהוּ (Yirmiyahu) which meant "YAHWEH has uplifted"... [more]

JEREMIAS   m   German
German form of JEREMIAH

JÉRÉMIE   m   French
French form of JEREMIAH

JEREMIEL   m   Biblical
Means "God uplifts" in Hebrew... [more]

JEREMY   m   English, Biblical (Variant)
Medieval English form of JEREMIAH, and the form used in some versions of the New Testament.

JERI   f   English
Variant of JERRY

JERIAH   m   Biblical
Means "taught by YAHWEH" in Hebrew... [more]

JERICHO   m   Biblical
From the name of a town in Israel which is mentioned several times in the Old Testament.

JERK   m   Swedish
Old Swedish variant of ERIK

JERKER   m   Swedish
Old Swedish variant of ERIK

JERMAINE   m   English
Variant of GERMAIN... [more]

JERNEJ   m   Slovene
Slovene form of BARTHOLOMEW

JEROEN   m   Dutch
Dutch form of JEROME

JEROLD   m   English
Variant of GERALD

JÉRÔME   m   French
French form of JEROME

JEROME   m   English
From the Greek name ‘Ιερωνυμος (Hieronymos) meaning "sacred name"... [more]

JERÓNIMO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of JEROME

JERÔNIMO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of JEROME

JERRARD   m   English (Rare)
Variant of GERARD

JERRED   m   English (Rare)
Variant of JARED

JERRI   f   English
Variant of JERRY

JERRIE   f   English
Variant of JERRY

JERRIK   m   Danish
Danish variant of ERIK

JERROD   m   English
Variant of JARED

JERROLD   m   English
Variant of GERALD

JERRY   m & f   English
Diminutive of JEREMY, JEROME, GERALD, GERALDINE, and other names beginning with the same sound.

JERUSHA   f   Biblical
Means "possession" in Hebrew... [more]

JERVIS   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was a variant of JARVIS.

JERZY   m   Polish
Polish form of GEORGE

JESENIA   f   Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of YESENIA

JESPER   m   Danish
Danish form of JASPER

JESS   m & f   English
Short form of JESSE or JESSICA

JESSA   f   English
Short form of JESSICA

JESSALYN   f   English (Rare)
Combination of JESSIE (1) and the popular name suffix lyn.

JESSAMINE   f   English (Rare)
From a variant spelling of the English word jasmine (see JASMINE).

JESSAMYN   f   English (Rare)
Variant of JESSAMINE

JESSE   m   English, Dutch, Biblical
From the Hebrew name יִשַׁי (Yishay) which possibly meant "gift"... [more]

JESSENIA   f   Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of YESENIA

JESSI   f   English (Modern)
Variant of JESSIE (1)

JESSICA   f   English
This name was first used in this form by Shakespeare in his play 'The Merchant of Venice' (1596), where it belongs to the daughter of Shylock... [more]

JESSIE (1)   f   Scottish, English
Originally a Scottish diminutive of JEAN (2)... [more]

JESSIE (2)   m   English
Variant of JESSE

JESSIKA   f   German, English (Modern)
German form and English variant of JESSICA

JESSYE   f   English
Variant of JESSIE (1)

JESÚS   m   Spanish
Spanish form of JESUS, used as a personal name.

JESUS   m   Theology, Biblical
English form of Ιησους (Iesous), which was the Greek form of the Aramaic name יֵשׁוּעַ (Yeshu'a)... [more]

JESUSA   f   Spanish
Feminine form of JESÚS.

JETHRO   m   Biblical
From the Hebrew name יִתְרוֹ (Yitro), which was derived from the Hebrew word יֶתֶר (yeter) meaning "abundance"... [more]

JETT   m   English (Modern)
From the English word jet, which denotes either a jet aircraft or an intense black colour (the words derive from different sources).

JETTA   f   Dutch
Dutch diminutive of HENRIETTE

JEUNESSE   f   Various
Means "youth" in French. It is not used as a given name in France itself.

JEWEL   f & m   English
In part from the English word jewel, a precious stone, derived from Old French jouel, which was possibly related to jeu "game"... [more]

JEWELL   f & m   English
Variant of JEWEL

JEZEBEL   f   Biblical
From the Hebrew אִיזֶבֶל ('Izevel) which meant "not exalted"... [more]

JI   m & f   Korean
Means "wisdom" from Sino-Korean .

JIA   m & f   Chinese
From Chinese "good, fine" or "home, family".

JIAN   m & f   Chinese
From Chinese "build" or "strong, healthy".

JIANG   m & f   Chinese
Means "river" in Chinese.

JIBRIL   m   Arabic
Arabic form of GABRIEL

JILL   f   English
Short form of GILLIAN

JILLIAN   f   English
Variant of GILLIAN

JILLIE   f   English
Diminutive of JILL

JILLY   f   English
Diminutive of JILL

JIM   m   English
Medieval diminutive of JAMES

JIMENA   f   Spanish
Variant of XIMENA

JIMI   m   English
Diminutive of JAMES... [more]

JIMMIE   m & f   English
Diminutive or feminine form of JAMES

JIMMU   m   Far Eastern Mythology
Means "divine warrior", from Japanese 神 (jin) "god" and 武 (mu) "warrior"... [more]

JIMMY   m   English
Diminutive of JAMES

JIN (1)   m & f   Chinese
From Chinese "gold, metal, money", "embroidered, bright" or "ferry".

JIN (2)   f & m   Korean
Means "precious" from Sino-Korean .

JINAN   m & f   Arabic
Means "garden" or "paradise" in Arabic.

JINDŘICH   m   Czech
Czech form of HENRY

JING   m & f   Chinese
From Chinese "essence, perfect", "clear, crystal" or "capital city".

JINNY   f   English
Diminutive of VIRGINIA

JIRAIR   m   Armenian
Means "strong, active" in Armenian.

JIŘÍ   m   Czech
Czech form of GEORGE

JIŘINA   f   Czech
Feminine form of JIŘÍ

JIRO   m   Japanese
Variant transcription of JIROU

JIROU   m   Japanese
From Japanese 二 (ji) "two" and 郎 (rou) "son"... [more]

JITENDER   m   Indian (Sikh)
Variant of JITENDRA

JITENDRA   m   Indian
Means "conqueror of Indra" from Sanskrit जित (jita) "conquered" combined with the name of the god INDRA.

JITINDER   m   Indian (Sikh)
Variant of JITENDRA

JITKA   f   Czech
Diminutive of JUDITA

JO   f   English
Short form of JOAN (1), JOANNA, JOSEPHINE, and other names that begin with Jo.

JOAB   m   Biblical
Means "YAHWEH is father" in Hebrew... [more]

JOACHIM   m   French, German, Polish, Judeo-Christian Legend
Contracted form of JEHOIACHIN or JEHOIAKIM... [more]

JOAKIM   m   Scandinavian, Finnish
Scandinavian form of JOACHIM

JOAN (1)   f   English
Medieval English form of Johanne, an Old French feminine form of Iohannes (see JOHN)... [more]

JOAN (2)   m   Catalan
Catalan form of JOHN

JOANA   f   Portuguese, Catalan
Portuguese and Catalan feminine form of Ioannes (see JOHN).

JOANDRA   f   English (Rare)
Combination of JOANNE and ANDREA (2)

JOANIE   f   English
Diminutive of JOAN (1)

JOANN   f   English
Variant of JOAN (1)

JOANNA   f   English, Polish, Biblical
Latinized form of Ιωαννα (Ioanna), feminine form of Ioannes (see JOHN)... [more]

JOANNE   f   English
Variant of JOAN (1)

JOANNES   m   Late Roman
Latin variant of JOHANNES

JOÃO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of Iohannes (see JOHN).

JOAQUIM   m   Portuguese, Catalan
Portuguese and Catalan form of JOACHIM

JOAQUIMA   f   Catalan
Catalan feminine form of JOACHIM

JOAQUÍN   m   Spanish
Spanish form of JOACHIM

JOAQUINA   f   Spanish
Spanish feminine form of JOACHIM

JOASH   m   Biblical
From the Hebrew name יוֹאָשׁ (Yo'ash) which possibly meant either "fire of YAHWEH" or "YAHWEH has given"... [more]

JOASIA   f   Polish
Polish diminutive of JOANNA

JOB   m   Biblical, Dutch
From the Hebrew name אִיּוֹב ('Iyyov) which means "persecuted, hated"... [more]

JOBETH   f   English (Rare)
Combination of JO and BETH

JOBY   m   English (Rare)
Diminutive of JOB

JOCASTA   f   Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Greek Ιοκαστη (Iokaste), which is of unknown meaning... [more]

JOCELIN   f   English (Rare)
Variant of JOCELYN

JOCELINE   f   French
French form of Joscelin (see JOCELYN).

JOCELYN   f & m   English
From the Germanic masculine name Gautzelin, which was derived from the name of a Germanic tribe, the Gauts... [more]

JOCHEBED   f   Biblical
From the Hebrew name יוֹכֶבֶד (Yokheved) which meant "YAHWEH is glory"... [more]

JOCHEM   m   German, Dutch
German and Dutch form of JOACHIM

JOCHEN   m   German
German form of JOACHIM

JOCHIM   m   German
German form of JOACHIM

JOCHJO   m   Esperanto
Esperanto diminutive of JOHN or JOSEPH

JOCK   m   Scottish
Scottish form of JACK

JOCKIE   m   Scottish
Scottish diminutive of JACK

JOCKY   m   Scottish
Scottish diminutive of JACK

JOCOSA   f   Medieval English
Medieval variant of JOYCE, influenced by the Latin word iocosus or jocosus "merry, playful".

JODENE   f   English (Rare)
Feminine elaboration of JODY

JODI   f   English
Feminine variant of JODY

JODIE   f   English
Feminine variant of JODY

JODY   f & m   English
Probably either a variant of JUDY or a diminutive of JOSEPH... [more]

JOE   m   English
Short form of JOSEPH... [more]

JOËL   m   French
French form of JOEL

JOEL   m   English, Jewish, Biblical
From the Hebrew name יוֹאֵל (Yo'el) meaning "YAHWEH is God"... [more]

JOELLA   f   English
Feminine form of JOEL

JOELLE   f   French
French feminine form of JOEL

JOEP   m   Dutch
Dutch diminutive of JOZEF

JOERI   m   Dutch
Dutch form of YURI (1)

JOETTA   f   English
Elaborated form of JO

JOEY   m   English
Diminutive of JOSEPH

JOHAN   m   Scandinavian, German, Dutch, Czech
Scandinavian, Low German and Czech form of Iohannes (see JOHN).

JOHANA   f   Czech
Czech feminine form of JOHAN

JÓHANN   m   Icelandic
Icelandic form of JOHN

JOHANN   m   German
German form of Iohannes (see JOHN)... [more]

JÓHANNA   f   Icelandic
Icelandic feminine form of JOHN

JOHANNA   f   German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian
Latinate feminine form of Iohannes (see JOHN).

JOHANNE   f   Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian feminine variant of Iohannes (see JOHN).

JOHANNEKE   f   Dutch
Dutch diminutive of JOHANNA

JÓHANNES   m   Icelandic
Icelandic form of JOHN

JOHANNES   m   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, Estonian, Late Roman
Latin form of Ioannes (see JOHN)... [more]

JOHANO   m   Esperanto
Esperanto form of JOHN

JOHN   m   English, Biblical
English form of Iohannes, the Latin form of the Greek name Ιωαννης (Ioannes), itself derived from the Hebrew name יוֹחָנָן (Yochanan) meaning "YAHWEH is gracious"... [more]

JOHNA   f   English (Rare)
Feminine form of JOHN

JOHNATHAN   m   English
Variant of JONATHAN

JOHNATHON   m   English
Variant of JONATHAN

JOHNIE   m & f   English
Diminutive of JOHN, sometimes used as a feminine form.

JOHNNA   f   English
Feminine form of JOHN

JOHNNIE   m & f   English
Diminutive of JOHN, sometimes used as a feminine form.

JOHNNY   m   English
Diminutive of JOHN

JOI   f   English (Modern)
Variant of JOY

JOISSE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of JOYCE

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