Jett: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “black gemstone; jet”
- Origin
- English
- Say it
- JET · 1 syllable
- Used for
- Boys (97% of all uses)
Jett comes from the English word for the black lignite gemstone jet. It is also used as a surname and sometimes as a modern given name associated with the sleek image of a jet.
How popular is Jett?
Babies named Jett in 20242,260
2024 rank#161 boys
Peak year2024
Total US babies since 188024,923
Jett is rising: use over the last five years is 2.0× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Jett
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Jett questions
What does the name Jett mean?
Jett means "black gemstone; jet". It comes from English. Jett comes from the English word for the black lignite gemstone jet. It is also used as a surname and sometimes as a modern given name associated with the sleek image of a jet.
Is Jett a boy or girl name?
Jett is mainly a boy's name in US records (97% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Jett?
2,260 US babies were named Jett in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.
How do you pronounce Jett?
Jett 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.