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Jackson

By Jackson | September 24th, 2009 at 12:00 am

Baby Names:

Jackson

Meaning: Son of Jack

Origin: English

Alternate spellings: Jaxon

The roots of the name Jackson are deep and complicated. It means, uh, son of Jack.

By The Numbers

U.S. Rank by Year

2000: 72

2004: 48

2008: 32

Rank of Similar Names in 2008

Jaxson 268

Jayson 341

Jason 60

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Rachel Renee Lecy says:

March 7, 2011 at 3:47 pm

Yay! We will spell it, Jaxon and call him Jax for his nickname. Well that and “J-Rad” since his middle name wil be, Radical. Jaxon Radical Lecy is the name winnning right now.

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