Behind the Name: Names Beginning With J

JOSEPH m English, French, German, Biblical
From Iosephus, the Latin form of Greek Ιωσηφος (Iosephos), which was from the Hebrew name יוֹסֵף (Yosef) meaning "he will add"... [more]

JOSEPHA f German (Archaic), English (Rare)
Feminine form of JOSEPH

JOSÈPHE f French
French feminine form of JOSEPH

JOSEPHINA f English (Rare)
Latinate variant of JOSÉPHINE

JOSÉPHINE f French
French feminine form of JOSEPH... [more]

JOSEPHINE f English, German
English and German form of JOSÉPHINE

JOSES m Biblical
Greek form of JOSEPH, used in the New Testament to distinguish Joseph the brother of James from the many other characters of that name.

JOSETTE f French
Diminutive of JOSÉPHINE

JOSH m English
Short form of JOSHUA

JOSHUA m English, Biblical
From the Hebrew name יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (Yehoshu'a) meaning "YAHWEH is salvation"... [more]

JOSIAH m Biblical, English
Means "YAHWEH supports" in Hebrew... [more]

JOSIANE f French
Diminutive of JOSÉPHINE

JOSIAS m Biblical (Variant)
Greek form of JOSIAH

JOSIE f English
Short form of JOSEPHINE

JOSIF m Serbian
Serbian form of JOSEPH

JOSIP m Croatian, Slovene
Croatian and Slovene form of JOSEPH

JÓSKA m Hungarian
Diminutive of JÓZSEF

JOSS f & m English
Short form of JOCELYN

JOSSLYN f English (Rare)
Variant of JOCELYN

JOSU m Basque
Basque form of JESUS

JOSUE m Spanish, French
Spanish and French form of JOSHUA

JOSUÉ m Portuguese
Portuguese form of JOSHUA

JOSUNE f Basque
Feminine form of JOSU

JOTHAM m Biblical
Means "YAHWEH is upright" in Hebrew... [more]

JOUKAHAINEN m Finnish Mythology
Meaning unknown... [more]

JOUKO m Finnish
Short form of JOUKAHAINEN

JOUNI m Finnish
Finnish form of JOHN

JOURDAIN m French
French form of JORDAN

JOVAN m Serbian, Macedonian
Serbian and Macedonian form of JOHN

JOVANA f Serbian
Serbian feminine form of JOHN

JOVANKA f Serbian
Diminutive of JOVANA

JOVE m Roman Mythology
Derived from the stem of Iupiter (see JUPITER)... [more]

JOVITA f Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese feminine form of the Roman name Iovita (masculine), which was derived from the name of the god JOVE... [more]

JOWAN m Cornish
Cornish form of JOHN

JOWITA f Polish
Polish form of JOVITA

JOY f English
Simply from the English word joy, ultimately derived from Norman French joie, Latin gaudia... [more]

JOYCE f & m English
From the (masculine) medieval name Josse, which was derived from the earlier Ioceus or Iodocus, Latinized forms of the Breton name Jodoc meaning "lord"... [more]

JOYE f English
Variant of JOY

JOZAFAT m Polish
Polish form of Josaphat, a contracted form of JEHOSHAPHAT... [more]

JOŽE m Slovene
Slovene diminutive of JOSEPH

JÓZEF m Polish
Polish form of JOSEPH

JOŽEF m Slovene
Slovene form of JOSEPH

JOZEF m Slovak, Dutch
Slovak and Dutch form of JOSEPH

JÓZEFA f Polish
Polish feminine form of JOSEPH

JOŽEFA f Slovene
Slovene feminine form of JOSEPH

JOZEFA f Hungarian, Slovene
Hungarian and Slovene feminine form of JOSEPH

JOZEFIEN f Dutch
Dutch form of JOSÉPHINE

JOZEFO m Esperanto
Esperanto form of JOSEPH

JOŽICA f Slovene
Slovene feminine form of JOSEPH

JOZO m Croatian
Croatian diminutive of JOSEPH

JÓZSEF m Hungarian
Hungarian form of JOSEPH

JÓZSI m Hungarian
Diminutive of JÓZSEF

JÓZSUA m Hungarian
Hungarian form of JOSHUA

JOZUA m Dutch
Dutch form of JOSHUA

JU f Chinese
Means "chrysanthemum" in Chinese.

JUAN m Spanish, Manx
Spanish and Manx form of Iohannes (see JOHN)... [more]

JUANA f Spanish
Feminine form of JUAN... [more]

JUANITA f Spanish
Feminine diminutive of JUAN

JUANITO m Spanish
Diminutive of JUAN

JUBAL m Biblical
Means "small stream" in Hebrew... [more]

JUDA m Arabic
Means "goodness, excellence", derived from Arabic جاد (jada) "to be excellent".

JUDAH m Biblical
From the Hebrew name יְהוּדָה (Yehudah) which meant "praised"... [more]

JUDAS m Biblical
From Ιουδας (Ioudas), the Greek form of JUDAH... [more]

JUDD m English
From a surname which was derived from a diminutive of the given name JORDAN.

JUDE m English, Biblical
Variant of JUDAS... [more]

JUDI f English
Diminutive of JUDITH

JUDICAËL m Breton
From the Breton elements iud "lord, prince" combined with cael "generous"... [more]

JUDIE f English
Diminutive of JUDITH

JUDIT f Hungarian, Spanish, Scandinavian
Hungarian, Spanish and Scandinavian form of JUDITH

JUDITA f Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak form of JUDITH

JUDITE f Portuguese
Portuguese form of JUDITH

JUDITH f English, Jewish, French, German, Spanish, Biblical
From the Hebrew name יְהוּדִית (Yehudit) meaning "woman from Judea", Judea being an ancient region in Israel... [more]

JUDY f English
Short form of JUDITH... [more]

JUDYTA f Polish
Polish form of JUDITH

JUHA m Finnish
Finnish form of JOHN

JUHAN m Estonian
Estonian form of JOHN

JUHANA m Finnish
Finnish form of JOHN

JUHANI m Finnish
Finnish form of JOHN

JUHO m Finnish
Finnish form of JOHN

JUKKA m Finnish
Finnish form of JOHN

JULEK m Polish
Diminutive of JULIUSZ

JULEN m Basque
Basque form of Iulianus (see JULIAN).

JULES (1) m French
French form of JULIUS... [more]

JULES (2) f & m English
Diminutive of JULIA or JULIAN

JULI f Hungarian
Hungarian short form of JULIA

JÚLIA f Portuguese, Hungarian, Slovak
Portuguese, Hungarian and Slovak form of JULIA

JULIA f English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Spanish, Polish, Finnish, Ancient Roman, Biblical
Latinate feminine form of JULIUS... [more]

JULIÁN m Spanish
Spanish form of Iulianus (see JULIAN).

JULIAN m English, Polish, German
From the Roman name Iulianus, which was derived from JULIUS... [more]

JULIANA f Dutch, German, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Iulianus (see JULIAN)... [more]

JULIANE f French, German
French and German feminine form of JULIAN

JULIANNA f Hungarian, Polish, English
Feminine form of Iulianus (see JULIAN).

JULIANNE f English
Feminine form of Iulianus (see JULIAN).

JULIE f French, English
French form of JULIA... [more]

JULIEN m French
French form of Iulianus (see JULIAN).

JULIENNE f French
French feminine form of Iulianus (see JULIAN).

JULIET f English
Anglicized form of JULIETTE or GIULIETTA... [more]

JULIETTE f French
French diminutive of JULIE

JULIJ m Slovene
Slovene form of JULIUS

JULIJA f Slovene, Croatian, Lithuanian
Slovene, Croatian and Lithuanian form of JULIA

JULIJANA f Slovene
Slovene form of JULIANA

JULIO m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of JULIUS

JULISKA f Hungarian
Hungarian diminutive of JULIA

JULITA f Polish
Polish diminutive of JULIA

JULITTA f History
Diminutive of JULIA... [more]

JÚLIUS m Slovak
Slovak form of JULIUS

JULIUS m Ancient Roman, English, German
From a Roman family name which was possibly derived from Greek ιουλος (ioulos) "downy-bearded"... [more]

JULIUSZ m Polish
Polish form of JULIUS

JULY f English (Rare)
From the name of the month, which was originally named for Julius Caesar.

JULYAN m English (Rare)
Medieval variant of JULIAN

JUMAANE m Eastern African
Means "born on Tuesday" in Swahili.

JUMANA f Arabic
Means "pearl" in Arabic.

JUMANAH f Arabic
Variant transcription of JUMANA

JUN m & f Chinese
From Chinese 君 "ruler, supreme", 俊 "talented" (which is usually only masculine) or 军 "army" (also usually only masculine).

JUNAID m Arabic
Variant transcription of JUNAYD

JUNAYD m Arabic
Means "small army", derived from Arabic جند (jund) "army, soldiers".

JUNE f English
From the name of the month, which was originally derived from the name of the Roman goddess JUNO... [more]

JUNG f Korean
Means "chaste" from Sino-Korean 貞.

JUNIA f Biblical, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of the Roman name Iunius, which was possibly derived from the name of the Roman goddess JUNO... [more]

JUNIOR m English
From a nickname which was originally used for a boy who had the same name as his father.

JUNIPER f English (Rare)
From the English word for the type of tree, derived ultimately from Latin iuniperus.

JUNÍPERO m Various
This was the name assumed by the 18th-century Spanish Franciscan monk Miguel José Serra, a missionary to California... [more]

JUNKO f Japanese
From Japanese 順 (jun) "obedient" or 純 (jun) "genuine, pure" combined with 子 (ko) "child".

JUNO f Roman Mythology
Meaning unknown... [more]

JUOZAPAS m Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of JOSEPH

JUOZAS m Lithuanian
Lithuanian short form of JOSEPH

JUPITER m Roman Mythology
From Latin Iupiter, which was from dyeu-pater, composed of the elements dyeus (see ZEUS) and pater "father"... [more]

JURAJ m Croatian, Slovak
Croatian and Slovak form of GEORGE

JURE m Slovene, Croatian
Slovene and Croatian form of GEORGE

JUREK m Polish
Diminutive of JERZY

JÜRGEN m German
Low German form of GEORGE

JURGEN m Dutch
Dutch form of GEORGE

JURGIS m Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of GEORGE

JURIJ m Slovene
Slovene form of GEORGE

JURIS m Latvian
Latvian form of GEORGE

JURO m Japanese
Variant transcription of JUROU

JUROU m Japanese
From Japanese 十 (ju) "ten" and 郎 (rou) "son"... [more]

JURRIAAN m Dutch
Dutch form of GEORGE

JUSSI m Finnish
Finnish form of JOHN

JUSTE m French
French form of JUSTUS

JUSTICE m & f English
From an occupational surname which meant "judge, officer of justice" in Old French... [more]

JUSTIN m English, French, Slovene
From the Roman name Iustinus, which was derived from JUSTUS... [more]

JUSTÍNA f Slovak
Slovak feminine form of Iustinus (see JUSTIN).

JUSTINA f English, Slovene, Czech, Lithuanian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Iustinus (see JUSTIN).

JUSTINAS m Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of JUSTIN

JUSTINE f French, English
French feminine form of Iustinus (see JUSTIN)... [more]

JUSTUS m Ancient Roman
Roman family name which meant "just" in Latin... [more]

JUSTY m & f English
Diminutive of JUSTIN or JUSTINE

JUSTYN m Polish
Polish form of Iustinus (see JUSTIN).

JUSTÝNA f Czech
Czech feminine form of Iustinus (see JUSTIN).

JUSTYNA f Polish
Polish feminine form of Iustinus (see JUSTIN).

JUTTA f German
German form of JUDITH... [more]

JUTTE f German
Variant of JUTTA

JUTURNA f Roman Mythology
Meaning unknown. Juturna was the Roman goddess of fountains and springs.

JUUSO m Finnish
Finnish short form of JOSEPH

JUVELA f Esperanto
Means "jewel-like" in Esperanto.

JUVENAL m History
From the Roman cognomen Iuvenalis which meant "youthful" in Latin... [more]

JUVENTAS f Roman Mythology
Means "youth" in Latin... [more]

JYOTI f Indian
Derived from Sanskrit ज्योतिः (jyotis) meaning "light".

JYOTSANA f Indian
Variant of JYOTSNA

JYOTSNA f Indian
Means "moonlight" in Sanskrit.

JYRGAL m & f Kyrgyz
Means "happiness" in Kyrgyz.

JYRI m Finnish
Finnish form of GEORGE

JYRKI m Finnish
Finnish form of GEORGE

JYTTE f Danish
Danish form of JUDITH

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