Jackson

English

Etymology

From Jack +‎ -son.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒæksən/

Proper noun

Jackson

1. A British patronymic surname​.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
   • 2004 Kate Atkinson, Case Histories, →ISBN pages 158:

     Francis was named for his mother's father and Jackson himself was named for his father's mother. Not that his grandmother was called Jackson, of course - it was a maiden name (Margaret Jackson) and it was a Scottish tradition, his father informed him.

3. A metonym for a person
   1. Andrew Jackson, President of the United States (1829–1837).
   2. Michael Jackson, singer and entertainer (1958–2009).
4. A placename
   1. A town in Queensland, Australia.
   2. A locale in the United States of America.
      1. The capital city of the state of Mississippi, and one of the two county seats of Hinds County.
      2. A city in Alabama.
      3. A city in California, and the county seat of Amador County.
      4. A city in the U.S. state of Georgia, and the county seat of Butts County.
      5. A city in Kentucky, and the county seat of Breathitt County.
      6. A town in Louisiana.
      7. A town in Maine.
      8. A city in Michigan, and the county seat of Jackson County.
      9. A city in Minnesota, and the county seat of Jackson County.
      10. A city in Missouri, and the county seat of Cape Girardeau County.
      11. A village in Nebraska.
      12. A town in New Hampshire.
      13. A town in New York.
      14. A town in North Carolina, and the county seat of Northampton County.
      15. A city in Ohio, and the county seat of Jackson County.
      16. A town in South Carolina.
      17. A city in Tennessee, and the county seat of Madison County.
      18. Any of three towns in Wisconsin.
      19. A town in Wyoming, and the county seat of Teton County.

Derived terms

• Jackson County
• Jacksonesque
• Jacksonian
• Jacksonite
• Jacksonville

 

Noun

Jackson (plural Jacksons)

1. (US) A U.S. 20-dollar banknote USD. (from the portrait of President Andrew Jackson on the bill)
   • 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."

Translations

transliterations of the surname

• Arabic: جَاكْسُون‎ m (jāksūn)
• Belarusian: Джэ́ксан m (Džéksan)
• Bulgarian: Джаксън m (Džaksǎn)
• Chinese:

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

• Danish: Jackson
• Georgian: ჯექსონი (ǯeksoni)
• Greek: Τζάκσον (Tzákson)
• Hebrew: גֶ׳קְסוֹן‎ m (jékson)
• Hindi: जैक्सन (jaiksan)
• Japanese: ジャクソン (Jakuson)
• Korean: 잭슨 (Jaekseun)

• Latvian: Džeksons m, Džeksona f
• Macedonian: Џексон m (Džekson)
• Marathi: जॅक्सन (jĕksan)
• Persian: جکسون‎ (jakson)
• Russian: Дже́ксон (ru) m (Džékson)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Џексон m

  Roman: Džekson m

• Thai: แจ็กสัน (jàeksăn)
• Ukrainian: Дже́ксон m (Džékson)
• Uyghur: جېكسون‎ (jëkson)
• Vietnamese: Jackson

cognates of the surname — see Johnson

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Jackson is the 19^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 708,099 individuals. Jackson is most common among Black/African American (53.0%) and White (39.9%) individuals.

Anagrams

• konjacs

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Cebuano

Etymology

From English Jackson.

Proper noun

Jackson

1. a male given name

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈd͡ʒɛkson]
• Hyphenation: Jack‧son

Proper noun

Jackson

1. Jackson

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Jackson	Jacksonok
accusative	Jacksont	Jacksonokat
dative	Jacksonnak	Jacksonoknak
instrumental	Jacksonnal	Jacksonokkal
causal-final	Jacksonért	Jacksonokért
translative	Jacksonná	Jacksonokká
terminative	Jacksonig	Jacksonokig
essive-formal	Jacksonként	Jacksonokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Jacksonban	Jacksonokban
superessive	Jacksonon	Jacksonokon
adessive	Jacksonnál	Jacksonoknál
illative	Jacksonba	Jacksonokba
sublative	Jacksonra	Jacksonokra
allative	Jacksonhoz	Jacksonokhoz
elative	Jacksonból	Jacksonokból
delative	Jacksonról	Jacksonokról
ablative	Jacksontól	Jacksonoktól

Possessive forms of Jackson
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Jacksonom	Jacksonjaim
2nd person sing.	Jacksonod	Jacksonjaid
3rd person sing.	Jacksonja	Jacksonjai
1st person plural	Jacksonunk	Jacksonjaink
2nd person plural	Jacksonotok	Jacksonjaitok
3rd person plural	Jacksonjuk	Jacksonjaik