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Gender: Male Meaning of Jackson: "son of Jack" Origin of Jackson: English Jackson's Popularity in 2018: #17

Jackson Origin and Meaning

The name Jackson is a boy's name of English origin meaning "son of Jack".

Cool name Jackson is one of the celebrisphere's top favorite boy names, having been chosen by, among others, Spike Lee, Poppy Montgomery, Carson Daly, Maria Bello, Natalie Maines, Scott Wolf, Maya Rudolph, and Katey Sagal. After a spectacular rise, this stylish presidential name has been in the Top 25 since 2010, overtaking John as one of the most popular boy names starting with J.

In addition to historic namesakes Andrew and Stonewall, some art-loving parents may wish to honor Abstract Expressionist painter Jackson Pollock.

Jackson is so popular that it now ranks higher on the Social Security list than either John or Jack, perhaps because parents see it as more modern than John and a fuller name than Jack.

Following in its wake are the streamlined spellings Jaxon and Jaxson, which are also increasing in popularity.

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Popularity

Rank in US: #17
- this week

Famous People Named Jackson

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(Monroe) Jackson Rathbone, American actor
(Clyde) Jackson Browne, American singer-songwriter
(Paul) Jackson Pollock, American painter
(Jackson) DeForest Kelley, American actor
Jackson Ryan Hurst, American actor
Jackson Reid Odell, American actor
Jackson Wang, Chinese rapper, dancer, and television personality; member of the South Korean boy band Got7
Jackson Guthy, American singer-songwriter
Jackson Frayn "Jack" Harries, English actor & vlogger
Jackson Keith "Jamaal" Wilkes, American basketball player
Jackson Nash, son of musician Graham Nash
Jackson Smith (b. 1982), son of singers Patti Smith and Fred "Sonic" Smith

Pop Culture References for the name Jackson

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Jackson "Jax" Teller, main character on TV's "Sons of Anarchy"
Jackson Stewart, character on TV's "Hannah Montana"
Jackson Maine, main character in 2018 film "A Star is Born"
Jackson Avery, surgeon on TV's "Grey's Anatomy"
Jackson Gibbs, father of Leroy Gibbs on TV's "NCIS"
Jackson Haisley, character on TV's "The Agency"
Jackson Curtis, main character in film "2012"
Jackson "Jack" Rippner, villain of "Red Eye," played by Cillian Murphy
Jackson "Jax" Briggs, character in video game series "Mortal Kombat"
Jackson Kenner, character on TV's "The Originals", husband of Hayley Marshall
Jackson Whittemore, character on TV's "Teen Wolf"
Jackson Meyer, main character of the "Tempest" series by Julie Cross

Nicknames & Variations for Jackson

Jaxon, Jaxen, Jack, Jaxson, Jacson, Jacky, Jacksin, Jackie, Jacksen, Jakson, Jakeson

Comments

kankhen Says:

2019-05-13T02:12:57

I love Jackson! I think it is such a cool name, but I don't like the association with Michael Jackson because of how problematic he was...

ILoveBabyNames123 Says:

2019-04-13T18:03:03

No names' for Jackson?? That's REALLY surprising! Love Jackson more than Jack.