Jaxan

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 15 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
15
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Jaxan by the numbers

Jaxan was given to 15 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Jaxan

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jaxan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Jaxonson of Jack; a modern respelling of Jackson7,670 in the US (2017)
  • Jaxengod is gracious; a modern respelling of Jackson327 in the US (2017)
  • Jaxynson of Jack; a modern respelling of Jackson110 in the US (2017)
  • Jaxinson of Jack; a modern respelling of Jackson50 in the US (2017)
  • Jahanthe world; universe32 in the US (2017)
  • Jawanyoung man or soldier10 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Jaxan

Names that are said the same way as Jaxan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Jacksonson of Jack10,382 in the US (2017)
  • JaxxonGod is gracious; a modern respelling of Jackson259 in the US (2017)
  • Jacksenson of Jack; a variant spelling of Jackson25 in the US (2017)
  • Jaksonson of Jack; a variant spelling of Jackson25 in the US (2017)
  • Jacksyn28 in the US (2017)
  • Jaxxyn9 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Jaxan

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