Surnames Starting with J: Coat of Arms & Last Name Origins

From Jabłonna, place of apple trees

From the personal name Jacinto

A servant of a man called Jack

Son of Jack (John)

Son of Jacob

Son of Jacob

James / Jacob

Little Jacques

Hunter

From Jagiełło / Jagielno

From Johann (John)

A descendant of little Jahn, from Johannes

Son of Jaime

From Jakob (Jacob)

"from Jakubów"

Son of James (from Jacob)

Son of James

Son of Jamie (James)

An association with the month of January

A descendant of Jan or John, or of Jane

From Janice

Little John

Someone from Janiszew or Janiszewo

A descendant of little Jan

Son of Janek

From Janków, place of Janek (John)

The son of Jan

From Janów / of Jan

Son of Jan (John)

The son of Ian

"son of Jan"

A pet form of Jan, John

Rockrose scrub

Place of rockrose

Garden

Garden

Someone from Jarek or Jarki

From the name Jarosław

From Jaroszewo

A descendant of Jarrold, a form of Gerald

From Gervase

From Jasień or Jasin

A descendant of Jasper (master of the treasure)

From Jaso

Of the hawk place

Palace / manor

From Jaworów, sycamore place

God is gracious

"son of Jędrzej"

Only son

Son of Jeffrey

Son of Jeffrey

A stag nickname or a translated personal-name association

Son of Jenkin (little John)

Son of Jenin, little John

Son of Jens

Jernegan / Gernagon

German personal-name forms rather than one Biblical route

From Judicaël

A descendant of Juet, a pet form of Julian

Hedgehog

Son of Jimeno

A descendant of Johannes or Johann (gracious gift of Jehovah)

Son of John

From John's settlement (Johnstone)

Carpenter / joiner

Merry, cheerful

Son of John (Welsh)

From the river Jordan (a baptismal name)

Son of Jørgen (George)

He will add

From the name Jodocus

Joy, cheerful

From the Breton personal name Iodoc

Joiner, woodworker

"son of Józef"

Son of Suero

From Jordan

Judge

The son of little Jud

Julian

From Julianus, of the Julius family

Young

Young man

Reed bed

Sworn town officer

An old familiar form of George

A familiar derivative of George

A pet form of Jerzy, George

The fair-dealing or righteous person

A Portuguese locality or another personal-name route

Judge