Gender Masculine
Usage Scottish
Meaning & History
Scots diminutive of Jack.
Related Names
VariantJocky
Other Languages & CulturesGjon(Albanian) Yohannes(Amharic) Yahya, Yuhanna(Arabic) Hovhannes(Armenian) Xuan(Asturian) Ion, Jon(Basque) Ivan(Belarusian) Johanan, John(Biblical) Ioannes(Biblical Greek) Yehochanan, Yochanan(Biblical Hebrew) Iohannes(Biblical Latin) Yann(Breton) Ioan, Ivan, Yoan(Bulgarian) Joan(Catalan) Jowan(Cornish) Ghjuvan, Ghjuvanni(Corsican) Ivan(Croatian) Ivan, Jan(Czech) Jan, Jens, Johan, Johannes, Jon(Danish) Jan, Johan, Johannes(Dutch) Evan, Jack, John, Sean, Shane, Shaun, Shawn, Shon, Jackie, Jake(English) Johano(Esperanto) Jaan, Johannes, Juhan(Estonian) Jóannes, Jógvan, Jóhannes, Jón(Faroese) Jone(Fijian) Jani, Johannes, Joni, Jouni, Juhana, Juhani(Finnish) Jean, Yann, Yoan, Yoann, Yohan, Yohann(French) Xoán(Galician) Ivane(Georgian) Jan, Johann, Johannes(German) Giannis, Ioannis, Yannis, Yiannis(Greek) Keoni(Hawaiian) Yochanan(Hebrew) János(Hungarian) Jens, Jóhann, Jóhannes, Jón(Icelandic) Yohanes(Indonesian) Eoin, Seán, Sean, Shane(Irish) Giovanni(Italian) Johannes(Late Roman) Jānis(Latvian) Sjang, Sjeng(Limburgish) Jonas(Lithuanian) Ivan, Jovan(Macedonian) Ġwann(Maltese) Ean, Juan(Manx) Hann, Jackin, Jan, Jankin, Jon(Medieval English) Jehan(Medieval French) Jan, Jens, Johan, Johannes, Jon(Norwegian) Joan(Occitan) Iwan, Jan(Polish) João(Portuguese) Ioan, Ion(Romanian) Ioann, Ivan(Russian) Juhán(Sami) Sione(Samoan) Giuanne(Sardinian) Ivan, Jovan(Serbian) Ivan, Ján(Slovak) Ivan, Jan, Janez, Žan(Slovene) Jan(Sorbian) Juan(Spanish) Jan, Jens, Johan, Johannes, Jon(Swedish) Sione(Tongan) Ivan(Ukrainian) Evan, Ieuan, Ioan, Siôn(Welsh)
People think this name is
modern youthful informal common strong rough strange simple comedic unintellectual
Entry updated January 21, 2022