Jackson

English

Etymology

From Jack +‎ -son.

Proper noun

Jackson

1. A British patronymic surname.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. Andrew Jackson, President of the United States (1829-1837).
4. Michael Jackson, singer and entertainer (1958-2009).
5. The capital of Mississippi.
6. (US) A 20-dollar banknote
   • 1955, Ray Charles, Greenbacks

     She looked at me with that familiar desire

     Her eyes lit up like they were on fire

     She said, "My name's Flo, and you're on the right track,

     But look here, daddy, I wear furs on my back,

     So if you want to have fun in this man's land,

     Let Lincoln and Jackson start shaking hands."

Derived terms

• Jacksonesque
• Jacksonian
• Jacksonite
• Jacksonville

Translations

transliterations of the surname

• Arabic: جاكسون (ar) (Jaaksuun) m
• Belarusian: Джэксан (be) (Džéksan) m
• Bulgarian: Джаксън (bg) (Džaksăn) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 傑克遜 (cmn), 杰克逊 (cmn) (Jiékèxùn)

• Danish: Jackson (da)
• Georgian: ჯექსონი (ka) (ǰek’soni)
• Greek: Τζάκσον (el) (Tzákson)
• Hebrew: גֶ׳קְסוֹן (he) (jékson) m
• Hindi: जैक्सन (hi)
• Japanese: ジャクソン (ja) (Jakuson)

• Korean: 잭슨 (ko) (Jaekseun)
• Latvian: Džeksons (lv)
• Macedonian: Џексон (mk) (Džekson) m
• Marathi: जॅक्सन (mr) (jǎksana)
• Russian: Джексон (ru) (Džékson) m
• Serbo-Croatian: Џексон (sh) (Džekson) m
• Thai: แจ็กสัน (th)
• Ukrainian: Джексон (uk) (Džékson) m
• Vietnamese: Jackson (vi)

cognates of the surname — see Johnson