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

92 family names beginning with J. Open a name to read its surname origin, its meaning and the heraldry associated with it.

  • Jabłoński
    Poland

    From Jabłonna, place of apple trees

  • Jacinto
    Portugal

    From the personal name Jacinto

  • Jackman
    England

    A servant of a man called Jack

  • Jackson
    England

    Son of Jack (John)

  • Jacobi
    Germany

    Son of Jacob

  • Jacobs
    England

    Son of Jacob

  • Jacques
    France

    James / Jacob

  • Jacquet
    France

    Little Jacques

  • Jäger
    Germany

    Hunter

  • Jagielski
    Poland

    From Jagiełło / Jagielno

  • Jahn
    Germany

    From Johann (John)

  • Jahnke
    Germany

    A descendant of little Jahn, from Johannes

  • Jaimes
    Spain

    Son of Jaime

  • Jakob
    Germany

    From Jakob (Jacob)

  • Jakubowski
    Poland

    "from Jakubów"

  • James
    England & Wales

    Son of James (from Jacob)

  • Jameson
    Scotland

    Son of James

  • Jamison
    Scotland

    Son of Jamie (James)

  • Janeiro
    Portugal

    An association with the month of January

  • Janes
    England

    A descendant of Jan or John, or of Jane

  • Janicki
    Poland

    From Janice

  • Janik
    Poland

    Little John

  • Janiszewski
    Poland

    Someone from Janiszew or Janiszewo

  • Janke
    Germany

    A descendant of little Jan

  • Jankowiak
    Poland

    Son of Janek

  • Jankowski
    Poland

    From Janków, place of Janek (John)

  • Janowicz
    Poland

    The son of Jan

  • Janowski
    Poland

    From Janów / of Jan

  • Jansen
    Germany

    Son of Jan (John)

  • Janson
    Scotland

    The son of Ian

  • Janssen
    Germany

    "son of Jan"

  • Janus
    Poland

    A pet form of Jan, John

  • Jara
    Spain

    Rockrose scrub

  • Jaramillo
    Spain

    Place of rockrose

  • Jardim
    Portugal

    Garden

  • Jardine
    Scotland

    Garden

  • Jarecki
    Poland

    Someone from Jarek or Jarki

  • Jarosz
    Poland

    From the name Jarosław

  • Jaroszewski
    Poland

    From Jaroszewo

  • Jarrell
    England

    A descendant of Jarrold, a form of Gerald

  • Jarvis
    England

    From Gervase

  • Jasiński
    Poland

    From Jasień or Jasin

  • Jasper
    England

    A descendant of Jasper (master of the treasure)

  • Jasso
    Spain

    From Jaso

  • Jastrzębski
    Poland

    Of the hawk place

  • Jáuregui
    Spain

    Palace / manor

  • Jaworski
    Poland

    From Jaworów, sycamore place

  • Jean
    France

    God is gracious

  • Jędrzejczak
    Poland

    "son of Jędrzej"

  • Jedynak
    Poland

    Only son

  • Jefferson
    England

    Son of Jeffrey

  • Jeffries
    England

    Son of Jeffrey

  • Jelen
    Poland

    A stag nickname or a translated personal-name association

  • Jenkins
    Wales

    Son of Jenkin (little John)

  • Jennings
    England

    Son of Jenin, little John

  • Jensen
    Denmark

    Son of Jens

  • Jernigan
    England

    Jernegan / Gernagon

  • Jesse
    Germany

    German personal-name forms rather than one Biblical route

  • Jewell
    England

    From Judicaël

  • Jewett
    England

    A descendant of Juet, a pet form of Julian

  • Jeż
    Poland

    Hedgehog

  • Jiménez
    Spain

    Son of Jimeno

  • Johannes
    Germany

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

  • Johnson
    England & Scotland

    Son of John

  • Johnston
    Scotland

    From John's settlement (Johnstone)

  • Joiner
    England

    Carpenter / joiner

  • Joly
    France

    Merry, cheerful

  • Jones
    Wales

    Son of John (Welsh)

  • Jordan
    England

    From the river Jordan (a baptismal name)

  • Jorgensen
    Denmark

    Son of Jørgen (George)

  • Joseph
    England

    He will add

  • Jost
    Germany

    From the name Jodocus

  • Joy
    England

    Joy, cheerful

  • Joyce
    Ireland

    From the Breton personal name Iodoc

  • Joyner
    England

    Joiner, woodworker

  • Jóźwiak
    Poland

    "son of Józef"

  • Juárez
    Spain

    Son of Suero

  • Judd
    England

    From Jordan

  • Judge
    Ireland

    Judge

  • Judkins
    England

    The son of little Jud

  • Juliano
    Italy

    Julian

  • Julien
    France

    From Julianus, of the Julius family

  • Jung
    Germany

    Young

  • Jungmann
    Germany

    Young man

  • Junqueira
    Portugal

    Reed bed

  • Jurado
    Spain

    Sworn town officer

  • Juran
    Poland

    An old familiar form of George

  • Juras
    Poland

    A familiar derivative of George

  • Jurek
    Poland

    A pet form of Jerzy, George

  • Just
    England

    The fair-dealing or righteous person

  • Juste
    Portugal

    A Portuguese locality or another personal-name route

  • Justice
    England

    Judge

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Researched by Herald Lab Research Studio, since 1993. Coats of arms were granted to individuals, not to everyone with a surname.