JintyfScots, Popular Culture Caithness Scots diminutive of Janet. A famous namesake is British historian Dame Janet "Jinty" Nelson. "Jinty" was also a girls' comic published in Britain in the 1970s and early 1980s.
Jin-unmKorean From Sino-Korean 珍 "precious, valuable, rare" and 雲 "clouds".
JinyefKorean Means "tonight, this evening" and "Sincere". Jinye is also a popular singer in South Korea under groups Laboum and UNI.T.
JinyifChinese From the Chinese 锦 (jǐn) meaning "bright and beautiful, brocade, tapestry, embroidered" and 怡 (yí) meaning "happy, joyful, harmony, joy".
Jinyuf & mChinese From Chinese 瑾 (jǐn) "brilliance of gems", 金 (jīn) "gold, metal, money", or 靳 (jìn) meaning "martingale, stingy" combined with 瑜 (yú) meaning "excellence, lustre of gems", 羽 (yǔ) meaning "feather", 玉 (yù) meaning "jade, precious stone, gem", or 宇 (yǔ) meaning "house, eaves, universe"... [more]
Ji-sukfKorean From Sino-Korean 智 "wisdom, knowledge, intelligence" and 淑 "good, pure, virtuous, charming".
Ji-sunf & mKorean Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul 지선 (see Ji-seon).
Ji-taemKorean From Sino-Korean 智 (ji) meaning "wisdom, intellect, reason" combined with 泰 (tae) meaning "peaceful, calm, peace, easy, Thailand, extreme, excessive, great". Other hanja combinations are possible... [more]
JitaofChinese From the Chinese 季 (jì) meaning "season" and 桃 (táo) meaning "peach, marriage".
Jiwonf & mKorean From Sino-Korean 智 (ji) meaning "wisdom, intellect" or 志 (ji) meaning "will, purpose, ambition" combined with 媛 (won) meaning "beautiful woman" or 元 (won) meaning "first, origin". This name can also be formed from many other hanja combinations.
JochimMedieval Mongolian From Mongolian зочин (zochin) meaning "guest", indicating uncertainty about a child’s paternity. This was the name of a son of Mongol khagan Genghis Khan.
JodhifEnglish (Rare) Variant of Jody, apparently influenced by the name of Jodhi Bibi (or Jodha Bai, Jodhabai), the Rajput wife of Mughal Emperor Akbar "the Great". Bearers include Australian fashion designer Jodhi Meares (1971-), who was born Jodie (supposedly adopting this spelling on the advice of a numerologist), and English actress Jodhi May (1975-).
Jo-eunf & mKorean From the present determiner form of adjective 좋다 (jota) meaning "good, great, excellent, superior." The name is more commonly written in hangul as 조은. It can also be written with hanja, combining a jo hanja, like 助 meaning "help, assistance, aid" or 祚 meaning "good luck/fortune," with an eun hanja, such as 恩 meaning "favour, grace" or 誾 meaning "mild, temperate; amicable."
JonaymSpanish (Canarian), Folklore Taken from Garajonay, a Canarian place name of Guanche origin. According to a local legend, Gara 3 and Jonay were a pair of young Guanche lovers who died together in a joint suicide at Garajonay peak, the highest mountain on the Canarian island of La Gomera... [more]
JónsimIcelandic Diminutive of Jón. Famous bearers include Jón Þór Birgisson, lead singer of Sigur Rós (who is also a musician in his own right) and Jón Jósep Snæbjörnsson, lead singer of Í Svörtum Fötum and contestant in the Eurovision Song Contest of 2004 and 2012... [more]
Jorbym & fSpanish (Latin American) Probably a diminutive of (usually invented) given names that start with Jorb-. Also compare Yorbe and even the Catalan name Jordi and its variant spelling Jordy.
JordymDutch, French (Modern, Rare) Dutch variant of Jordi as well as a French borrowing of this name. This is the more common spelling in the Netherlands.
JorismLithuanian From Old Lithuanian stem jor- referring to the spring season, supposedly belonging to a Lithuanian vernal diety mentioned by Simonas Daukantas.
JǫrðfOld Norse, Norse Mythology Derived from Old Norse jǫrð meaning "earth". In Norse mythology, Jǫrð was the goddess of the earth and the mother of Þórr (see Thor). Other names for her included Hlóðyn and Fjǫrgyn.
Josjem & fDutch, West Frisian When borne by a female person, this name is a good example of how one can turn a very masculine name (Jos) into a feminine name by simply adding the diminutive suffix je to the original name... [more]
Joskem & fDutch, Flemish, Limburgish When borne by a female person, this name is a good example of how one can turn a very masculine name (Jos) into a feminine name by simply adding the diminutive suffix -ke to the original name... [more]