Jack

English, diminutive of John

"God is gracious"

Jack Origin and Meaning

The name Jack is a boy's name of English origin meaning "God is gracious".

Jack may have fallen from its Number 1 place in England, but in the US it's as popular as it was at its height in the 1920s and 1930s. A durable, cheery, everyman form of John, Jack ranks as one of the most popular boy names starting with J.

Jack is a derivative of John that originated in medieval England. The name went from John to Johnkin to Jankin to Jackin to Jack. The name was so common in the Middle Ages that Jack became a generic term for a man.

Jack is familiar to all from earliest childhood via Jack and Jill, Jack Sprat, Jack and the Beanstalk and Little Jack Horner et al. It is still a recent favorite for novel, TV and movie characters.

Jack is at the top of the charts in Ireland and Scotland, and also ranks highly in Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, and Belgium.

The jaunty Scottish version is Jock.

Jack Rank in US Top 1000

# 14 in the US

Jack Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 44 on Nameberry

Jack Popularity

• 14 US 2023
• 44 Nameberry 2024
• 10 Canada 2023
• 40 Future 2028
• 14 England 2022
• 4 Scotland 2023
• 1 Ireland 2023
• 10 Australia 2023
• 4 New Zealand 2023
• 273 Germany 2016
• 52 Netherlands 2023
• 48 Sweden 2022
• 68 Belgium 2023
• 16 Dogs 2023
• 8 Cats 2023

20 Names Similar to Jack

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Jack.

• James
• Henry
• William
• Oliver
• Benjamin
• Leo
• Finn
• Luke
• Thomas
• Max
• Theodore
• Owen
• Charlie
• Jude
• Alexander
• Liam
• Elliot
• Samuel
• Jackson
• Lucy

Famous People Named Jack

• John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy 35th President of the United States
• James Andrew Innes "Jack" Dee English stand,up comedian
• Jack Peter Benedict Whitehall English comedian and TV presenter
• Jack Arthur Davenport English actor
• Jackson Frayn "Jack" Harries English actor and vlogger
• Jean Louis Lebris "Jack" Kerouac, American novelist
• John Griffith "Jack" London American novelist
• John Joseph "Jack" Nicholson American actor
• Jack White (born John Anthony Gillis) American musician of The White Stripes
• Thomas Jacob "Jack" Black American comedian and actor
• John Hadley Nicanor "Jack" Hemingway American writer; son of Ernest Hemingway
• Jack French Kemp U.S. Congressman from New York
• Jacob Joachim "Jack" Klugman American actor
• Jack Ma (Yun) Chinese businessman of Alibaba
• Jack Harold Paar American TV personality
• John Whitaker "Jack" Straw English politician
• John Randolph "Jack" Webb American actor
• Jack Wilson McConnell Baron McConnell of Glenscorrodale, former First Minister of Scotland
• John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon American actor
• John Bushnell "Jack" Hanna American zookeeper and TV personality
• John Joseph "Jack" Haley American actor and comedian
• Jasper Newton "Jack" Daniel American distiller of Jack Daniel's whiskey
• Jack Benny (born Benjamin Kubelsky) American actor and comedian
• Jack Palance (born Volodymyr Palahniuk) American actor
• Peter John "Jack" Wagner American actor
• Jack William Nicklaus American golfer
• Jack Hody Johnson American singer,songwriter
• Jack Bassam Barakat guitarist for All Time Low
• Jack Steinberger physicist and Nobel prize winner
• Jack Antonoff American musician
• Jack Wilshere British football Player
• Jack Falahee American actor
• John Patrick "Jack" Douglass American comedy vlogger
• Jack Howard British vlogger known as part of Jack and Dean
• Jack Maynard British vlogger
• Jack Morris American baseball player
• Jack Kevorkian Controversial American doctor & pathologist
• Jack the Ripper nickname for an anonymous English serial killer
• Sean "Jack" McLoughlin Irish YouTuber personality and gamer
• Jack Chick American Christian Fundamentalist Cartoonist, creator of "Chick Tracts"
• Jack Robert Avery American pop singer
• Jack Joseph Osbourne American TV personality and son of Ozzy Osbourne
• Jack Pratt son of actors Anna Faris and Chris Pratt
• John Christopher "Jack" Depp III son of Johnny Depp
• Jack Holden Marsden son of actor James Marsden
• Jack Gordon Cassidy son of actor Patrick Cassidy
• Jack Haydon Langer Courteney son of American actress A.J. Langer
• Jack William Jones son of Ethan & Casey Jones (a quintuplet)
• Jack Montgomery McDermott son of actor Dean McDermott
• Jack Matfin Bell (b. 2013) son of actors Evan Rachel Wood and Jamie Bell
• Jack Leon Lynch (b. 2013) son of tennis player Kim Clijsters
• Jack Lion Hartzler (b. 2014) son of singer Amy Lee
• Jack Steven Dunham (b. 2015) son of comedian Jeff Dunham
• Jack Ryder Slomski (b. 2015) son of Instagram star Caitlin Fladager
• Jack Breckenridge Hooper (b. 2016) son of actress Alexandra Breckenridge
• Jack Clark Tapper (b. 2016) son of actress Annaleigh Ashford
• Jack Oscar Statham (b. 2017) son of actors Rosie Huntington,Whiteley and Jason Statham
• Jack Hiroki Gifford (b. 2018) son of actress Vinessa Shaw
• Jack Adam Dykstra (b. 2018) son of actress Jamie,Lynn Sigler
• Jack Shulman (b. 2019) son of actress Anne Hathaway.

Jack in Pop Culture

• Jack Cox character on "Scrubs"
• Jack Snyder character on American soap opera "As The World Turns"
• Jack Dawson main character in the film "Titanic"
• Jack Skellington character in Disney's "The Nightmare Before Christmas"
• Jack Driscoll character in "King Kong" series
• Jack Prescott character in "King Kong" series
• Jack Napier character in DC Universe, Jack Napier later become the Joker
• Captain Jack Sparrow main character in the Pirates of the Caribbean series
• Jack Kelly main character in film and musical 'Newsies'
• Jack Kline a lead character introduced in the later seasons of CW's "Supernatural"
• Jack Merridew character in book/film "Lord of the Flies"
• Jack Bauer main character on TV's "24"
• Jack Ryan main character in novels by Tom Clancy
• Jack Reacher main character in novels by Lee Child
• Handsome Jack character in Borderlands series of games
• Jonathan "Jack" West Junior character novels by Matthew Reilly
• Jack Aubrey character in the Aubrey–Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian and film "Master and Commander"
• Jack Twist a character in the 'House Of Night' series (PC Cast)
• Jack Geller Ross and Monica's father on TV's "Friends"
• Jack Bing son of Monica and Chandler on "Friends"
• Jack Plumb character in novel "The Nest"
• Jack pseudonym of the Narrator in book/film "Fight Club"
• Jack Bell character in film The Thin Red Line
• Jack Burton character in film Big Trouble in Little China
• Jack Brooks character in film Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer
• Jack Campbell character from the film The Family Man
• Jack Crawford character in book/film The Silence of the Lambs
• Jack Powell character in film "Jack"
• Jack "Weasel" Hammer character in Marvel Universe
• Jack Hammer and Jack Shipley characters in video game 'Ace Attorney'
• Jack Bristow character on TV's "Alias"
• Jack Carter character on "Eureka"
• John Francis "Jack" Donaghy character on "30 Rock"
• Jack Montgomery rugaru on TV's "Supernatural"
• Jack son of Kelly Cline and Lucifer on TV's "Supernatural"
• Jack Frost character in animated movie "Rise of the Guardians"
• Jack Simpson main character in G. A. Henty's, Facing Death
• Jack Gallo character on TV's "Just Shoot Me!"
• Jack Harkness character on TV's "Doctor Who" and "Torchwood"
• Jack Harper main character in film "Oblivion"
• Jack Hodgins character on "Bones"
• Jack McFarland character on TV's "Will and Grace"
• Jack Malone character on TV's "Without a Trace"
• Jack Morgan main character from the "Dragonback" series
• Jack O'Neill character in "Stargate"
• Jack Sadelstein character in movie "Jack and Jill"
• Jack Shephard character on TV's "Lost"
• Jack Smith main character from "The Magic Tree House" book series by Mary Pope Osborne
• Jack Stanfield character of the 2006 film "Firewall"
• Jack Thompson character from TV's "Agent Carter"
• Jack Trainer character of the 1988 film "Working Girl"
• Jack Tripper character on TV's "Three's Company"
• Jack Twist character in book/film Brokeback Mountain
• Jack Torrance character in book/film "The Shining"
• Jack character on children's TV series Jack's Big Music Show
• Jack a main character in the Canadian television series Rusty Rivets
• Jack main character in the animated TV series Samurai Jack
• Jack a front,loader from the TV series Thomas and Friends
• Jack Bowser character on TV's The Electric Company
• Jack Branning character on British soap EastEnders
• Jack Colero one of the main characters in The Nutshack
• Jack Fenton character on animated series Danny Phantom
• Jack Hackett character on TV's Father Ted
• Jack Landors Red SPD Ranger on TV's Power Rangers SPD
• Jack O'Neill main character in the TV series Stargate SG,1
• Jack Spicer character on TV's Xiaolin Showdown
• Ultraman Jack character in tokusatsu series The Return of Ultraman
• Dr. Jack McAndrew character on TV's Red Band Society
• Jack a main character in Ken Follett's "The Pillars of Earth"
• Jack Daniels brother of minor villain Xavier Daniels, in "One Tree Hill"
• Jack Simon Kensi's ex,fiancé in "NCIS: Los Angeles"
• Jack McDermott character on movie "The Dream Team"
• Jack Zimmermann character in webcomic "Check, Please!"
• Jack Bunch character in "The Sims 3" computer game
• Jack Porter character in "The Sims 3" computer game
• Jack Johnson six,year,old character on TV's "Black,ish"
• Jack Spades character in "Colorless"
• Jack Ryder also known as Creeper, character in DC Universe
• DI Jack Robinson character in Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
• Jack Wilder character in the movie "Now You See Me"
• Jack Brewer character from Disney XD's "Kickin' It"
• Jack McPhee character from "Dawson's Creek"
• Jack Noir character from webcomic "Homestuck"
• Jack Ransone character from "Sims" series
• Jack Joshua character from "Lethal Weapon"
• Jack Fairbairn Marrowbone character in the movie "Marrowbone"
• Jack also known as Ace, a character from "Are you Alice?"
• Jack/Subject Zero female Character of the Mass Effect video game trilogy
• Jack Carney character in the film "Apartment Zero"
• Jack 'Soldier: 76' Morrison Character from the video game Overwatch Overwatch
• Jack a character from the game "Minecraft: Story Mode , Season 2"
• Jack Will character in R. J. Palacio's "Wonder"
• Jack Pearson main character and father on TV's "This Is Us".
• Jack Fletcher main protagonist in the series " Young Samurai," by Chris Bradford.
• Jack Cooper main character of "Titanfall 2"
• Jack Dalton main character on TV's "MacGyver"
• Jack Griffin the main character on NBC's television series "A.P. Bio."
• Jack Ransom character in the upcoming animated series Star Trek: Lower Decks
• Jack Fuller Jr, character in the 2008 film "What Happens in Vegas" played by Ashton Kutcher
• John James "Jack" McCoy character on TV show "Law and Order"
• "Jack and Sarah " 1995 film
• Hit the Road Jack song written by Percy Mayfield
• "Jumping Jack Flash " song by the Rolling Stones
• "Jack and Diane " song by John Cougar Mellencamp
• "Jack Slade " 1952 western thriller
• Jack and the Beanstalk fairy tale
• "Jack and Jill " a nursery rhyme
• "Jack Be Nimble " a nursery rhyme
• "Jack Sprat " a nursery rhyme
• "Little Jack Horner " a nursery rhyme
• "Jack Goes Boating" 2010 film