Jack
Usually a boy's name
- Meaning
- Origin disputed: a pet form of John (via Jankin), or from French Jacques, a form of Jacob Disputed
English speakers have long treated it as a form of John, whatever its first source.
- Origin
- English; first source disputed
- Popularity
US 2025: #15 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #24
Popularity: US Social Security Administration 2025; Office for National Statistics 2025, England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
This name's meaning doesn't link to one of the five elements, so it isn't matched to a chart here.