Names beginning with J
37 names, with meanings and origins. Part of a library of 1,000.
Jacinda
Hyacinth (PM Jacinda Ardern)
English/Spanish
Jackie
God is gracious (Jackie Kennedy; Jackie Joyner-Kersee)
English/French
Jacqueline
Supplanter (Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, First Lady)
French/Hebrew
Jada
Wise / jade (Jada Pinkett Smith, Matrix Reloaded; Red Table Talk)
Hebrew/Spanish
Jagoda
Berry, strawberry
Polish/Slavic
Jamie
Supplanter (Jamie Lee Curtis, Oscar 2023 + Halloween)
English/Hebrew
Jamila
Beautiful (Swahili heritage)
Arabic/Urdu
Janani
Mother, life-giver
Sanskrit/Tamil
Janelle
God is gracious (Janelle Monáe, Afrofuturist musician and actor)
English/Hebrew
Janet
God is gracious (Janet Jackson; Janet Yellen, US Treasury Secretary)
English/Hebrew
Janice
God is gracious (Janice on Friends; classic top US name)
English/Hebrew
Janis
God is gracious (Janis Joplin; Janis Ian)
English/Hebrew
Jean
God is gracious (Jean Harlow, Jean Stafford)
French/Hebrew
Jeanette
God is gracious (Jeannette Rankin, first woman in US Congress, 1917)
French/Hebrew
Jelena
Bright, shining one
Serbian/Croatian
Jenna
Fair / white (Jenna Ortega, Wednesday; Jenna Fischer; Jenna Bush)
English/Welsh
Jennie
Fair / white (Jennie Kim of Blackpink; Jennie Jerome Churchill's mother)
English/Welsh
Jenny
Fair / white (Jenny Han YA novelist; Jenny Lind)
English/Welsh
Jessica
God beholds (Shakespeare's invention; the top US name of the 1980s-90s)
English/Hebrew
Jessie
Gift (Jessie Diggins, first US woman Olympic cross-country gold)
English/Hebrew
Jewel
Precious gem (Jewel Kilcher, 30M records; the singer)
English/French
Jillian
Youthful (Jillian Michaels, The Biggest Loser; Jillian Bell)
English/Latin
Joan
God is gracious (Joan of Arc; Joan Didion)
English/Hebrew
Joanne
God is gracious (Joanne Woodward; J.K. Rowling's birth name)
English/Hebrew
Jodie
Praised (Jodie Foster, two-time Academy Award winner)
English/Hebrew
Johanna
God is gracious (Johanna Spyri, author of Heidi)
German/Hebrew
Jolanta
Violet (Polish Yolanda)
Polish/Greek
Jonelle
God is gracious (Jonelle Allen, Tony-nominated actress)
English/Hebrew
Josefina
He will add (Spanish feminine of Joseph)
Spanish/Hebrew
Josette
God will add (French diminutive of Joséphine)
French/Hebrew
Jovie
Jovial / joyful (Zooey Deschanel's Jovie in Elf)
English/Latin
Judi
Praised (Dame Judi Dench, 8 Oscar nominations + Bond's M)
English/Hebrew
Judit
Praised (Hungarian Judith + Polgár chess grandmaster)
Hungarian/Hebrew
Judy
Praised (Judy Garland; Judy Blume; Judy Chicago)
English/Hebrew
Julie
Youthful (Julie Andrews, Mary Poppins; Julie Walters)
French/Latin
Justine
Just (Justine Henin, seven Grand Slam tennis titles)
French/Latin
Juvia
Rain (iconic Juvia Lockser Fairy Tail Water Mage)
Spanish/Other