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Jason
Pronunciation
JAY -sənFrench:
[ʒazɔ̃] Gender Male Word/name
Greek Meaning "Healer" Variant form(s) Jaeson, Jaison, Jayson, Jacyn, Jacin, Jasen Nickname(s)
Jay , Jase,
Jace Related names
Jacin ,
Jasen , Jasão
Jason is a common masculine
given name . It comes from
Greek Ἰάσων (Iásōn ),
[1] meaning "healer", from the verb ἰάομαι (iáomai ), "heal", "cure",
[2] cognate with
Ἰασώ (Iasṓ ), the goddess of healing,
[3] and ἰατρός (iatrós ), "healer", "physician".
[4] Forms of related words have been attested in Greek from as far back as
Mycenaen (in
Linear B ) and
Arcadocypriot (in the
Cypriot syllabary ) Greek: 𐀂𐀊𐀳 , i-ja-te and i-ja-te-ra-ne , respectively, both regarded as standing for
inflected forms of ἰατήρ , "healer".
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[6]
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The name was borne in
Greek mythology by
Jason , the great
Thessalian
hero who led the
Argonauts in the quest for the
Golden Fleece . The name is also found in the
New Testament , as the house of a man named
Jason was used as a refuge by
Paul and
Silas .
[8] In his case, it could come as a Hellenized form of
Joshua .
Its adoption in the United Kingdom peaked during the 1970s, when it was among the top 20 male names, but it had fallen out of the top 100 by 2003.
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Jason is the most common spelling; however, there are many variant spellings such as Jaeson,
Jaison ,
Jayson , and Jacyn.
Jay and
Jace are the common diminutives.
A feminine name that sounds similar is
Jacin , derived from the Portuguese-Spanish name
Jacinta or the Anglicized version
Jacinda , meaning
hyacinth .
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Notable people with the name
Historical figures
Born 1400–1900
Giasone del Maino (1435–1519), Italian jurist
Giason Denores (1530-1590)
Jason W. Briggs (1821–1899), American leader of the Latter Day Saint movement
Jason B. Parrish (1878–1906), American football player and coach
Jason Downer (1813–1883), American judge in Wisconsin
Jason E. Hammond (1862–1957), American educator and politician
Jason Fairbanks (1780–1801), American murderer
Jay Gould (1836–1892), American railroad magnate
Jason Haven (1733–1803), American minister
Jason John Nassau (1893–1965) American Astronomer
Jason Lee (missionary) (1803–1845), Canadian missionary
Jason M. Saunderson (1886-1950) American head coach
Jason Niles (1814–1894), American lawyer, newspaper editor, and politician
Jason Pratensis (1486–1558), Dutch neurologist and poet
Jason Ralph (footballer) (1872–1952), Australian rules footballer
Jason Robards Sr (1892-1963), American actor
Jason Russell (1716–1775), American whose home was the site of a battle in the American Revolutionary War
Jason Smogorzewski (1717–1779), Bishop of Ruthenia
Born after 1900
Jason (Spanish footballer) (born 1994), Spanish football player
Jason Abalos (born 1985), Filipino actor
Jason Akermanis (born 1977), Australian rules footballer
Jason Aldean (born 1977), American country singer
Jason Alexander (disambiguation) , multiple people
Jason Ankrah (born 1991), American football player
Jason Bateman (born 1969), American television and film actor
Jason Baumgartner , American electrical engineer
Jason Beaulieu (born 1994), Canadian soccer player
Jason Benjamin (1971–2021), Australian artist
Jason Berger (1924-2010), American painter
Jason Bergmann (born 1981), American baseball player
Jason Bernard (1938-1996), American actor
Jason Biggs (born 1978), American actor
Jason Black (musician) , American musician
Jason L Blair , American writer and game designer
Jason Boe (1929-1990)
Jason Bohn (born 1973), American golfer
Jason Bonham (born 1966), English drummer, son of Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham
Jason Brown (disambiguation) , multiple people
Jason Brownlee (born 1999), American football player
Jason Cabinda (born 1996), American football player
Jason Castro (born 1987), American baseball player
Jason Castro (born 1987), American singer and musician
Jason Chan , Hong Kong singer
Jason Chorak (born 1974), American football player
Jason Christopher (born 1971), American musician
Jason Clark (disambiguation) , multiple people
Jason Clarke (born 1969), Australian actor
Jason Clarke (writer) (born 1978), American writer and web developer
Jason Collier (1977–2005), American basketball player
Jason Connery (born 1963), English actor
Jason Crowe (born 1978), English footballer
Jason Crowe (basketball) (born 1976), American basketball player
Jason Crumb (born 1973), Canadian football player
Jason Crump (born 1975), Australian motorcycle speedway rider
Jason Cundy (born 1969), English association footballer and broadcaster
Jason Danino-Holt (born 1987), Israeli actor and TV presenter
Jason Dawe (ice hockey) (born 1973), Canadian ice hockey player
Jason Dawe (presenter) (born 1967), English journalist and TV presenter
Jason Daly , Westmeath Gaelic footballer
Jason Day (disambiguation) , multiple people
Jason Demers (born 1988), Canadian ice hockey player
Jason Derulo (born 1989), American singer
Jason Donovan (born 1968), Australian actor and singer
Jason Dooley (born 1971), American drummer
Jason Drucker (born 2005), American child actor
Jason Dunstall (born 1964), Australian rules footballer
Jason Earles (born 1977), American actor and comedian
Jason Ellis (disambiguation) , multiple people
Jason Ellsworth , American politician
Jason Epstein (1928–2022) American editor
Jason Farradane (1906–1989), British librarian and pioneer in Information science
Jason Forbes (born 1990), British actor, writer, comedian, impressionist, and TV presenter
Jason David Frank (1973–2022), American actor and MMA fighter
Jason Garrett (born 1966), American football coach and player
Jason Geria (born 1993), Australian football player
Jason Giambi (born 1971), American professional baseball player
Jason Gilkison , Australian choreographer and dancer
Jason Griffith (born 1980), American actor and voice actor
Jason "
Jace" Hall (born 1971), American film, television, and video game producer
Jason Holder (born 1991), Barbados and West Indies cricketer
Jason Holt (born 1993), Scottish footballer
Jason Holt (businessman) (born 1969), British businessman
Jason Hughes (disambiguation) , multiple people
Jason Huntley (born 1998), American football player
Jason Todd Ipson (born 1972), American director, screenwriter, producer, fashion photographer and surgeon
Jason Isaacs (born 1963), English actor
Jason Kander (born 1981), American politician
Jason Kapono (born 1981), American basketball player
Jason Kelce (born 1987), American football player
Jason Keng-Kwin Chan (born 1971), Malaysian-Australian actor
Jason Kennedy (footballer) (born 1986), English association football player
Jason Kennedy (TV personality) (born 1981), American television personality
Jason Kidd (born 1973), American basketball player and coach
Jason Killeen (born 1985), Irish basketball player
Jason King (disambiguation) , multiple people
Jason Knight (disambiguation) , multiple people
Jason Kouchak , French musician and composer
Jason Kralt (born 1974), Canadian football player
Jason Lai (born 1974), British orchestral conductor
Jason Lamar (born 1978), American football player
Jason Lee (disambiguation) , multiple people
Jason Leonard (born 1968), England international rugby union player
Jason Lewis (disambiguation) , multiple people
Jason London (born 1972), American actor
Jason Lowndes (1994–2017), Australian cyclist
Jason Lytle (born 1969), American musician
Jason Maguire (born 1980), Irish horse racing jockey
Jason Manuel Olazabal (born 1973), American actor
Jason Marsden (born 1975), American actor
Jason Martin-Smith (1972–2001), English murder victim
Jason Marquis (born 1978), American baseball player
Jason Matheson (born 1974), American television and radio host
Jason McCartney (disambiguation) , multiple people
Jason Mewes (born 1974), American actor
Jason Micklefield , Biochemist and professor of Chemistry
Jason Molins (born 1974), Irish cricketer
Jason Momoa (born 1979), American actor
Jason Moore (disambiguation) , multiple people
W. Jason Morgan (1935-2023), American Geophysicist
Jason Mraz (born 1977), American singer-songwriter
Jason Nash (born 1973), American actor, writer, director, comedian, podcaster, YouTuber and Viner
Jason Nemes (born 1978), American politician
Jason Newsted (born 1963), American bass player, member of the band Metallica
Jason Orange (born 1970), English musician, member of the band Take That
Jason Pearce (born 1987), English footballer
Jason Pinnock (born 1999), American football player
Jason Priestley (born 1969), Canadian television and film actor
Jason Reynolds , American novelist
Jason Richardson (disambiguation) , multiple people
Jason Ritter (born 1980), American actor, son of actor John Ritter
Jason Robards (1922–2000), American actor
Jason Roy (born 1990), English cricket player
Jason Sanders (born 1995), American football player
Jason Sangha , Australian-Indian cricket player
Jason Scheff (born 1962), American musician, member of the band Chicago
Jason Schmidt (born 1973), American baseball player
Jason Schmidt (photographer) (born 1969), American photographer
Jason Schwartzman (born 1980), American actor and musician
Jason Scott (born 1970), American archivist and historian of technology
Jason Scott (rower) (born 1970), American Olympic rower
Jason Scott Lee (born 1966), Asian-American actor
Jason Seife (born 1989), American visual artist and painter
Jason Segel (born 1980), American television actor
Jason Sherlock (born 1976), Dublin Gaelic footballer
Jason Siggers (born 1985), American basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League
Jason Smith (disambiguation) , multiple people
Jason Spencer (born 1974), American politician and physician assistant
Jason Spezza (born 1983), Canadian ice hockey player
Jason Statham (born 1967), English actor
Jason Strowbridge (born 1996), American football player
Jason Stuart (born 1969), American actor and comedian
Jason Sudeikis (born 1975), American actor and comedian
Jason Richard Swallen (1903–1991), American botanist
Jason Tarry (born 1966/67), British retail executive
Jason Taylor (disambiguation) , multiple people
Jason Terry (born 1977), American basketball player
Jason Vargas (born 1983), American baseball pitcher
Jason Varitek (born 1972), American baseball catcher
Jason Verduzco (born 1970), American football player
Jason Wade (born 1980), American musician, member of the band Lifehouse
Jason Watkins (disambiguation) , multiple people
Jason Watson (footballer) (born 1991), Jamaican footballer
Jason Watson (jockey) (born 2000s), English jockey
Jason Westrol (born 1988), American basketball player
Jason Whitaker (born 1977), American football player
Jason White (disambiguation) , multiple people
Jason Williams (basketball, born 1975) (born 1975), American NBA basketball player
Jason Williams (basketball, born 1983) (born 1983), American international basketball player
Jason Wingreen (1920–2015), American actor
Jason Winston George (born 1972), American actor
Jason Wright (born 1982), American football player, businessman, and executive
Jason F. Wright (born 1971), American author and speaker
Jason Young (born 1980), Thai actor and singer
Jason Yuan (born 1942), Taiwanese politician and diplomat
Jason Zimmerman (born 1989), American professional Super Smash Bros. player, known as 'Mew2King'
Jason Zucker (born 1992), American ice hockey player
Animals
Fictional characters
Jason, portrayed by Kurt Dykhuizen in
Barney & Friends
Jason, portrayed by Salim Grant in
Barney and the Backyard Gang
Jason, an antagonist in the animated series
Craig of the Creek
Jason, a child in the Broadway show,
Falsettos
Jason, the protagonist of the cartoon web-series
An Egg's Guide to Minecraft and supporting character in The Crack!
Jason,
Wonder Woman 's evil twin brother in the DC Rebirth era
Jason the Bodyguard, played by Nathaniel Martin Thomas in the web-series
Corner Shop Show
Jason Blood, aka
Etrigan , a DC Comics character
Jason Bourne , protagonist of Robert Ludlum's novels and their film adaptations
Jason Carver, an antagonist from
Stranger Things
Jason Costello , a character in Hollyoaks
Jason Cross, from
High School Musical
Jason "J.D." Dean, the main antagonist in the 1988 film
Heathers
Jason Evans, a character in the 2004 disaster film
The Day After Tomorrow
Jason Fox, from the comic strip
FoxTrot
Jason "Jay" Garrick , the first Flash from DC Comics
Jason Gideon, from Criminal Minds
Jason Grace, a son of Jupiter and one of the main characters in Rick Riordan's
The Heroes of Olympus novels
Jason Grimshaw , from the soap opera Coronation Street
Jason Hogart, from
Degrassi: The Next Generation
Jason Hyde, from
The Astounding Jason Hyde
Jason Mars, one of the main character's sons from
Heavy Rain
Jason Mendoza , a principal character in the
NBC series
The Good Place
Jason Morgan from General Hospital
Jason Pembroke, a character in the American sitcom
Charles in Charge
Jason Lee Scott , the first Red Ranger and later the Golden Ranger in the Power Rangers franchise
Jason Rudd, a character in
Agatha Christie's 1962 novel,
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
Jason Rusch , the second Firestorm from DC Comics
Dr. Jason Roland Seaver, a character in the American television sitcom
Growing Pains
Jason Stackhouse , in The Southern Vampire Mysteries series by Charlaine Harris
Jason Stentley (known better by nickname C.J. for "Captain Jason"), a police captain in the show
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Jason Street , on the TV series Friday Night Lights
Jason Todd , the second Robin in Batman comics, later revived as Red Hood
Jason Voorhees , antagonist of the Friday the 13th franchise
Jason White (disambiguation) , several people, including fictional characters
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ἰάομαι .
Liddell, Henry George ;
Scott, Robert ;
A Greek–English Lexicon at the
Perseus Project .
^
Ἰασώ in
Liddell and
Scott .
^
ἰατρός in
Liddell and
Scott .
^
ἰατήρ in
Liddell and
Scott .
^ Inscription
PY Eq 146, line 9.
"The Linear B word i-ja-te" . Palaeolexicon. Word study tool of ancient languages . Raymoure, K.A.
"i-ja-te" . Minoan Linear A & Mycenaean Linear B . Deaditerranean.
"Linear B to Greek: i-ja-te to i-qo" . Konoso . 21 December 2013.
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The Ancient Languages of Europe . Cambridge University Press. p.
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^
Acts 17:5–9
^
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^ Thomas W. Sheehan,
Dictionary of Patron Saints' Names , p. 139, at
Google Books . Our Sunday Visitor Publishing, 2001. "Jacinta: 'The Hyacinth Flower' (Spanish) or 'The Wearer of Purple' (Portuguese) or 'The Beautiful One' (Spanish). Jacinda: (Greek, Spanish) see Hyacinth, Jacinta."
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Plutarch, Crassus, chapter 33