Dog Names That Start With J

Jabari

Swahili, meaning "almighty, powerful", ultimately from Arabic jabbār

Jabba

Recorded as a masculine given name in the Popular Culture category

Jabba The Mutt

Jables

Jace

A form of the name Jason, which means 'to heal'

Jaci

Diminutive of Jacqueline; also a Tupi name from a y, "moon"

Jack

A medieval diminutive of John, later an independent name

Jack Sparrow

A fictional character from the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' film series

Jackie

Diminutive form of Jack, meaning 'God is gracious'

Jacko

English diminutive of Jack, formed with the suffix -o

Jacks

Recorded as a given name in English, where it is rare and masculine

Jackson

English surname meaning "son of Jack"; also used as a given name

Jacky

Diminutive of Jacques; also from Jack with the suffix -y

Jacob

From the Hebrew Yaʿaqov, explained as "holder of the heel" or "supplanter"

Jacoby

A given name and surname; also a glacier, a bridge convention, a typeface

Jacy

A unisex given name

Jada

Elaborated form of Jade; also a Hebrew name meaning "he knows"

Jade

From the Spanish ijada, "flank", after the stone's reputed cure for renal colic

Jadore

No documented meaning; recorded as a rare modern American given name

Jadou

Jaelyn

Variant of Jaylynn, formed from the roots jay and lyn

Jafer

Jaff

A variation of 'Jaf'.

Jaffa

Hebrew and Arabic name of an ancient port city in Israel

Jager

Dutch occupational surname meaning "hunter"

Jagger

From an English surname meaning "carter, peddler"

Jago

A variant of the name Jacob, meaning 'supplanter' or 'holder of the heel'.

Jai

Victory or triumph in Sanskrit

Jaime

Spanish and Portuguese form of James, from Latin Iacomus

Jaimee

Derived from the name Jaime, meaning 'supplanter' or 'one who takes the place of another'.

Jaimy

A given name recorded in english, used for both girls and boys

Jaine

A variant of Jane, which means 'God is gracious'

Jaira

No documented meaning; recorded as a feminine given name in Mexican Spanish

Jake

Medieval variant of Jack, also a short form of Jacob and James

Jake Or Jacob

Jakira

Recorded as a feminine given name in modern African American usage

Jakito

Jakko

A name derived from the Hebrew name Jacob, meaning 'supplanter'

Jako

Recorded as a masculine given name in Estonian and a rare feminine given name in Armenian

Jakob

Form of Jacob used in several languages

Jakon

A variation of 'Jakob', often associated with the meaning 'supplanter'.

Jala

Recorded as a given name in Azerbaijani and Egyptian Arabic

Jalapeno

Jam

Persian form of Avestan Yima, meaning "twin".

Jama

From the Arabic and Islamic surname جامع, meaning "gatherer"

Jamaica

The English name of the Caribbean island country

Jamar

Invented name, from the sounds of Jamal and Lamar

Jambo

A Scottish football nickname, from jam, short for Jam Tarts

James

English form of the Late Latin Iacomus, from the Hebrew name Yaʿaqov (Jacob)

Jameson

English surname meaning "son of James".

Jamie

Derived from the name James, meaning 'supplanter'.

Jamila

Feminine form of the Arabic name Jamil, from jamāl, meaning beautiful

Jammin

Jammy

Recorded as a given name in english, used for both girls and boys

Jana

Feminine form of Jan; also a Croatian, Serbian and Macedonian variant of Ana

Janaya

A name of American origin meaning 'to be gracious'.

Jane

Medieval English form of Jehanne, an Old French feminine form of Iohannes (John)

Janek

Estonian, Polish and Czech diminutive of Jaan or Jan

Janeway

A surname meaning 'a way or path that leads to a place'.

Jangle

English word for a treble-heavy, undistorted electric guitar sound

Jangos

Janie

A diminutive form of Jane, which means 'God is gracious'

Janina

Latinate form of Jeannine

Janis

Variant of Janice.

Janja

A name of Slavic origin, often associated with the meaning 'bearer of light' or 'God is gracious.'

Janka

A feminine diminutive of Jan, Jan 1 or Janos.

Janko

Diminutive of Janez or Jan, from the vernacular form of Latin Johannes

Janno

Estonian masculine given name, a diminutive of Johannes, Juhan, Jan, Jaan and Jaanus

Janos

No documented meaning in the sources checked

Janty

Jaq

Diminutive of the male given name Jacques; used as a given name in English and Gallo

Jaques

The French form of Jacob, meaning 'supplanter'

Jara

A given name recorded in Slovak, Basque, Spanish and Biblical Hebrew; also a Spanish surname meaning rockrose

Jared

Descending, or he who rules, derived from Hebrew.

Jarek

A Polish name meaning 'fierce' or 'strong'

Jari

Short form of Jalmari; from Old Norse jara, "battle"

Jarina

Recorded as a Czech feminine given name; jarina seeds are the tagua nuts of ivory palms

Jarl

Means "chieftain, nobleman" in Old Norse, a cognate of the English word earl

Jarla

A feminine given name recorded in Swedish, where it is rare.

Jaro

Short form of Jaroslav or Jaromír

Jaron

Alternate transcription of Hebrew יָרוֹן (Yaron); also an invented name

Jaros

A Czech, Hungarian, Polish and Slovak surname, from Czech Jaroš

Jarv

Jarvis

The name Jarvis is derived from the Old French name Gervais, which means 'spear servant'.

Jase

A variant of the name Jason, which means 'healer' in Greek.

Jasey

Recorded as a given name in modern English, rare, for either gender

Jaska

A diminutive of Jaakko

Jaski

Jasko

Derived from the Slavic name, meaning 'God will add.'

Jasmin

German and Finnish form of Jasmine, and an English variant.

Jason

From the Greek name Ἰάσων (Iason), meaning "healer"

Jaspe

Jasper

From Hebrew gizbar, "treasurer"; also the English word for the gemstone

Jasso

Jassop

Jaster

A surname, documented in the sources checked.

Jausi

Javier

Spanish form of Xavier, from Basque etxaberri, meaning "new house"

Jax

Short form of Jackson

Jaxn