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Jet

Jet: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“black gemstone; jet”
Origin
English
Say it
JET · 1 syllable
Used for
Boys (96% of all uses)

Jet is taken from the English word for the black ornamental stone. It is also used as a Dutch short form of names such as Henriette in feminine usage.

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How popular is Jet?

202442.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Jet in 2024140

2024 rank#1,353 boys

Peak year2019

Total US babies since 18803,323

Jet has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Jet

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • JackGod is gracious · English
  • Hudsonson of Hudd · English
  • Jacksonson of Jack · English
  • Cartercart driver · English
  • Wyattbrave in war · English
  • Maverickindependent person · English
  • Masonstoneworker · English
  • Graysonson of the steward · English

Jet questions

What does the name Jet mean?

Jet means "black gemstone; jet". It comes from English. Jet is taken from the English word for the black ornamental stone. It is also used as a Dutch short form of names such as Henriette in feminine usage.

Is Jet a boy or girl name?

Jet is mainly a boy's name in US records (96% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Jet?

140 US babies were named Jet in 2024. Its peak year was 2019.

How do you pronounce Jet?

Jet is usually pronounced JET.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.