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Surnames, their origin and their meaning

Many surnames are associated with the place/locality of where the family lived and in those cases the location is noted as the meaning.
Many surnames are associated with the occupation of the person given the name.

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Surname		Origin	Meaning
Jack			John
Jackson			The son of Jack or John
Jacob		Hebrew	He that supplants
Jacobson			son of Jacob
Jaeger		German	Hunter
Jahnke		German	little John
James		Hebrew	Jacob
Jameson			son of James
Jamieson		Scottish	son of James
Janes			son of Jane
Janeway			A Genoese
Jason		Greek	Healing
Jeffers			Geoffrey or Godfrey
Jeffrey			Geoffrey or Godfrey
Jemse		Locality	A town in Sweden
Jenkins			son of John
Jenkinson			son of Jenkins
Jenks			son of John
Jenner			An old form for Joiner
Jennings			son of John
Jerome			Jeremiah
Jessup		Italian	Giuseppe
Jetter		French	to overthrow
Jew		Hebrew	Judah
Jewell			a jewel, a precious stone
Jewett			son of a Jew
Jimenez		Spanish	son of Jimeno
Job		Hebrew	Sorrowful; patient
Jobson			son of Job
John		Hebrew	Gracious; God's grace
Johnson			son of John
Johnston		Scottish	place in Annandale, in Dumfriesshire
Jollie		French-Saxon	Full of life and mirth
Jonadab		Hebrew	Liberal, one who acts a prince
Jonah		Hebrew	A dove
Jonas		Hebrew	A dove
Jonathan		Hebrew	The gift of the Lord
Jones		Hebrew	son of John
Jordan		Hebrew	The river of judgment
Jorden		Hebrew	The river of judgment
Joseph		Hebrew	Increase, addition
Joslin		Locality	Jocelin, a town in France
Josselyn		Locality	Jocelin, a town in France
Joy			Gladness, exhilaration of spirits
Joyce			Joyous
Judd		Hebrew	Juda, praise, confession, and signifies the confessor of God
Judson			son of Judd
Juengling		German	youth
Jung		German	Young

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