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JELINEK : Diminutive of JELEN.

JENKINS : From the given name Jenkin, a medieval diminutive of Jen, itself a Middle English form of JOHN.

JENNINGS : From the given name Jenyn, a medieval diminutive of Jen, itself a Middle English form of JOHN.

JENSEN : Means "son of JENS". This is the most common surname in Denmark.

JENSSON : Means "son of JENS".

JEONG : Variant transcription of CHUNG.

JEPHSON : Variant of JEPSON.

JEPSON : Means "son of JEP".

JERNIGAN : Derived from the Old Breton name Iarnuuocon meaning "iron famous".

JEROME : Derived from the given name JEROME. A famous bearer of this surname was the American-born Jennie Jerome, Lady Randolph Churchill, mother of Sir Winsto...

JERVIS : Variant of JARVIS.

JESPERSEN : Means "son of JESPER".

JEWEL : Variant of JEWELL.

JEWELL : Derived from the Breton given name JUDICAËL.

JEZ : Means "hedgehog" in Polish. It may have originally referred to a person who lived near a sign bearing a hedgehog, or it may have been given to a perso...

JEŽ : Cognate of JEZ.

JEŽEK : Means "a small hedgehog" in Czech. It may have originally referred to a person who lived near a sign bearing a hedgehog, or it may have been given to ...

JIANG (1) : From Chinese 江 (jiāng) meaning "river, Yangtze".

JIANG (2) : From Chinese 姜 (jiāng) meaning "ginger".

JIMENEZ : Means "son of JIMENO".

JIN : From Chinese 金 (jīn) meaning "gold".

JINKS : Means "son of Jenk", Jenk meaning "little JOHN".

JO : Variant transcription of CHO.

JOHANSEN : Means "son of JOHAN".

JOHANSSON : Means "son of JOHAN".

JOHNS : Derived from the given name JOHN.

JOHNSON : Means "son of JOHN". Famous bearers include American presidents Andrew Johnson (1808-1875) and Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973).

JOHNSSON : Means "son of JOHAN".

JOHNSTON : From the name of a Scottish town, which meant "JOHN's town".

JOINER : Occupational surname for a carpenter (that is, a person who joined wood together to make furniture).



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