Origin and meaning of Jack

Jack
English
Male
replace (derivative of James)
Meaning&Origin
Jack is a English boys name.
The meaning of the name is `replace (derivative of James)`.
Where is it used?
The name Jack is mainly used in English.
How do they say it elsewhere?
Evan (In Welsh and in English)
Seoc (In Scottish)
Jock (In Scottish)
Johannes (In German, Dutch, Scandinavian and in Late Roman)
Jake (In English)
For the opposite sex use:
In Russian, Czech, Serbian and in Croatian: Ivan (M)
In Greek: Ioannes (M)
See also
In Welsh: Siôn
In Welsh: Ieuan
In Welsh: Iefan
In Welsh: Ifan (M)
In Swedish and in Icelandic: Jon
In Spanish: Juan
In Slovene: Janez
In Serbian: Jovan
In Scottish and in English: Ian
In Scottish: Iain
In Scottish: Jockie (M)
In Scottish: Jocky (M)
In Russian: Ioann
In Romanian and in Bulgarian: Ioana
In Romanian and in Bulgarian: Ioan
In Romanian: Ionela
In Romanian: Ionel
In Romanian: Iancu
In Portuguese: João
In Polish: Iwan
In Norwegian and in English: Jonette
In Manx: Ean
In Lithuanian: Jonas
In Latvian: Janis
In Italian: Giovanna
In Irish and in Scottish: Eoin
In Irish: Sean
In Hungarian: János
In Hawaiian: Keoni
In Greek: Ioannis
In Greek: Yannis
In Galician: Xoán
In Finnish and in Hungarian: Jani
In Finnish: Juhana
In Finnish: Juhani
In Finnish: Joni
In Finnish: Juha
In Finnish: Jouni
In Finnish: Juho
In Finnish: Jukka
In Finnish: Hannu
In Finnish: Jussi
In Esperanto: Johano
In Esperanto: Jochjo
In English and in the bible: John (M)
In English: Jonie
In English: Johnny
In English: Johnnie
In English: Johnie
In English: Jonelle
In English: Hank (M)
In English: Jan
In Dutch, Scandinavian, Czech and in Polish: Jan
In Dutch, Polish and in Czech: Jana
In Danish: Jens
In Cornish: Jowan
In Catalan: Joan
In Breton and in French: Yann
In the bible (Original): Yehochanan
In Basque and in Romanian: Ion
Statistics
The name Jack was given to 9257 babies in the USA in 2004. Jack was the number 67 name that year. In 2005, the name was given to 9458 babies making it the number 41 name that year.
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