At a Glance
- Meaning
- God is gracious (via Jack's root in John)
- Origin
- Welsh (variant of Jack)
- Gender
- Boy
- Pronunciation
- JAK
Jac is a Welsh (variant of Jack) boy's name meaning “God is gracious (via Jack's root in John)”. It appears in our list of 175+ Welsh Baby Boy Names With Ancient Bardic Roots.
Meaning & Origin of Jac
Meaning: God is gracious (via Jack's root in John).
Origin: Welsh (variant of Jack).
A common claim: Jack (and its Welsh spelling Jac) is widely believed to be short for Jacob or James. Actually: Scholarly consensus is that Jack derives from John (via the medieval diminutive Jankin), not Jacob/James, despite the popular belief.
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Jac
JAKIPA /dʒæk/
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