Jackson

Jackson originated as an English surname meaning son of Jack, where Jack itself is a medieval diminutive of John, ultimately derived from the Hebrew name Yohanan meaning Yahweh is gracious. The surname transferred into use as a given name, gaining particular popularity in the United States partly in honor of President Andrew Jackson and later General Stonewall Jackson. It has seen widespread revival as a first name in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries across English-speaking countries and in Brazil. Related forms include Jaxon, a phonetic spelling variant, and the name connects back through Jack and John to the cognates Ian, Sean, Ivan, and Giovanni.