Jack (given name)

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Jack
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Illustration of Jack from the English fairy tale Jack and the Beanstalk
Pronunciation/dʒæk/
GenderMale
Origin
Word/nameMiddle English, indirect diminutive of "John". It could be derived also from Jacques, the French form for Jacob or James
Meaning"God Is Gracious" or "Supplanter"
Other names
Nickname(s)Jackie, Jacky
Related namesJohn, Jacob, Jackie, Jackson, Johnny, Jacqueline, Jacques, Jake, Jay, Jaco, Jacobi, Johann, Johannes, Jan, Joachim, Séan , Yakub
Jack is popular in the countries shown in green

Jack is a given name. Since the late 20th century, Jack has become one of the most common names for boys in many English-speaking countries. It can be used as a diminutive for: John, Jacob, Jason, Jonathan, Jan, Johann, Johannes, Joachim, from its French form Jacques, from the Latin Jacobus. It is also used to a lesser extent as a female given name, often as a shortened version of Jacqueline or Jackie.[1]

The word jack is also commonly used in other contexts in English for many occupations, objects and actions, linked to the use of the word as a metaphor for a common man.

Origin[]

Jack is thought by some to have hailed from the earlier Jackin (from the name Jankin).[2][3] Alternatively, it may be derived from the name Jacques, the French form of the name James or Jacob.[2] There is also a theory that it is Celtic in origin, meaning "healthy, strong, full of vital energy" (compare the Welsh word iach, "health"), from a putative Ancient British Yakkios.[4] Whatever its origins, both the name and the word "jack" were long used as a term to refer to any man, especially of the common classes.[5][6]

Frequency[]

Jack has become increasingly used as a formal, registered name, rather than a nickname, for boys in several English-speaking countries. It is now more popular in its own right than John, James and Jacob. In recent years, Jack has been the most common given name for boys in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Australia, and has grown in popularity in the United States. Jack was also the most popular baby boy's name in Scotland from 1999–2002, again in 2006, and from 2008 to the present; where it continues to be the most popular boys' name. From 2003 to 2005 and again in 2007, Jack was in second place after Lewis took the #1 spot.

John – from which Jack was often derived – was, along with William, the most frequent male name throughout the 19th century and in the first half of the 20th century.[7] Jack appeared on lists of the most frequently used male baby names in the UK for 2003–2007.[8][9][10]

In 2014, Jack was again the most popular name for baby boys in Ireland.[11]

In 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2013, Jack was the most common name given to boys in Australia.[12]

According to the United States Census of 1990, Jack is an uncommon American name, the given name for 0.315% of the male population and 0.001% of the female population.[1][13][14] However, the frequency of Jack as a baby name has steadily increased from the 160–170 rank prior to 1991 to a rank of 35 in 2006.[15]

Jock is a common diminutive of the name John in Scotland.

Other uses in English[]

The name Jack is unusual in the English language for its frequent use as a noun or verb for many common objects and actions, and in many compound words and phrases.

Examples include implements, such as a car jack, knucklebones (the game jacks), or the jack in bowls.

The word is also used in other words and phrases such as: apple jack, hijack, jack of clubs (playing card), jack straw (scarecrow), jack tar (sailor), jack-in-the-box, jack-of-all-trades, jack o'lantern, jackdaw, jackhammer, jackknife, jackpot, lumberjack, union jack, etc.

The history of the word is linked to the name being used as a by-name for a man.[5]

People with the given name[]

  • Jack Abel (1927–1996), American comic book artist
  • Jack Abramoff (born 1959), American former lobbyist, businessman, movie producer, and writer, convicted of corruption
  • Jack Adams (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Jack Agazarian (1915–1945), British spy
  • Jack Aker (born 1940), American former Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Jack Albertson (1907–1981), American actor
  • Jack Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Jack Angel (born 1930), American actor
  • Jack Arute (born 1950), American former sportscaster
  • Jack Asher (1916–1991), English cinematographer
  • Jack Avery (murder victim) (1911–1940), British War Reserve Constable
  • Jack Avery (singer) (born 1999), American singer in the boy band Why Don't We
  • Jack Barakat (born 1988), lead guitarist for punk rock band All Time Low
  • Jack Benny (1894–1974), American comedian, vaudevillian, actor, and violinist
  • Jack Black (born 1969), American actor
  • Jack Blott (1902–1964), All-American football center and place kicker
  • Jack Brabham (1926–2014), Australian racing driver
  • Jack Brickhouse (1916–1998), American sportscaster
  • Jack Brisco (1941–2010), American professional wrestler
  • Jack Bruce (1943–2014), Scottish musician, composer, and vocalist
  • Jack Buck (1924–2002), American sportscaster
  • Jack Cade (c. 1420–1450), the leader of a popular revolt against the government of England in 1450
  • Jack Bridger Chalker (1918–2014), British artist and teacher
  • Jack L. Chalker (1944–2005), American science fiction author
  • Jack Charlton (1935–2020), English footballer and manager
  • Jack Chesbro (1874–1931), American Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Jack T. Chick (1924–2016), American publisher, writer, and comic book artist of evangelical fundamentalist Christian tracts and comic books
  • Jack Cichy (born 1996), American football player
  • Jack Clarke (Australian footballer) (born 1933), Australian rules footballer and coach in the VFL
  • Jack Clement (1931–2013), American singer-songwriter, record producer
  • Jack Cock (1893–1966), English footballer
  • Jack E. Conger (1921–2006), American Marine flying ace during World War II
  • Jack Kent Cooke (1912–1997), Canadian entrepreneur
  • Jack Coombs (1882–1957), Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Jack Cork (born 1989), English footballer
  • Jack Crawford (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Jack Crisp (born 1993), Australian rules football player
  • Jack Cronin (1874–1929), American Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Jack Cronin (American football) (1903–1993), American football player
  • Jack Cust (born 1979), American former baseball player
  • Jack Daly (politician) (1915–1988), Irish politician
  • Jack Daniels (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Jack Dann (born 1945), American writer
  • Jack Dee (born 1961), English stand-up comedian, actor, and writer
  • Jack DeJohnette (born 1942), American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer
  • Jack Del Rio (born 1963), American football coach
  • Jack Dempsey (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Jack Doan (born 1972) American professional wrestling referee
  • Jack Dorsey (born 1976), American technology entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of Twitter
  • Jack Douglass (born 1988), American YouTube comedian of "jacksfilms" fame
  • Jack Driscoll (American football) (born 1997), American football player
  • Jack Dromey (born 1948), British Labour Party politician and trade unionist
  • Jack Dugger (1923–1988), American football player
  • Jack Easterby (born 1982 or 1983), American football executive
  • Jack Dyer (1913–2003), Australian rules football player and coach, broadcaster and journalist
  • Jack Eichel (born 1996), American National Hockey League player
  • Jack Eisner (born 1947), Israeli basketball player
  • Jack Elam (1920–2003), American actor
  • Jack Elder (born 1949), New Zealand former politician
  • Jack Ellena (1931–2012), American football player
  • Jack Elway (1931–2001), American football player and head coach
  • Jack Ely (1943–2015), American guitarist and singer
  • Jack Endino (born 1964), producer and musician based in Seattle
  • Jack Evans (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Jack Faber (1903–1994), American microbiologist and college football and lacrosse coach
  • Jack Falahee (born 1989), American actor
  • Jack Fellure (born 1931), American perennial political candidate and retired engineer
  • Jack Fingleton (1908–1981), Australian cricketer
  • Jack Finney (1911–1995), American author
  • Jack Fleck (1921–2014), American professional golfer
  • Jack Foley (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Jack Fox (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Jack Fultz (born 1948), American retired long-distance runner
  • Joaquín "Jack" García (born 1952), Cuban-American FBI agent
  • Jack Garfinkel (1918–2013), American basketball player
  • Jack Givens (born 1956), American retired collegiate and professional basketball player
  • Jack Glasscock (1857–1947), American Major League Baseball player
  • Jack Gilinsky (born 1996), member of the American pop-rap duo Jack & Jack
  • Jack Gold (1930–2015), British film and television director
  • Jack Goody (1919–2015), British social anthropologist
  • Jack Gotta (1929–2013), American-born Canadian professional football player, coach, and general manager
  • Jack Gore (actor) (born 2005), American actor
  • Jack Graf (1919–2009), American football and basketball player
  • Jack Graney (1886–1978), Canadian Major League Baseball player
  • Jack Grant (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Jack Dylan Grazer (born 2003), American actor
  • Jack Grealish (born 1995), English footballer
  • Jack Greenwell (1884–1942), English footballer and manager
  • Jack Haden (1914–1996), American football player
  • Jack Hale (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Jack Haley (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Jack Halliday (American football) (1928–2000), American football player
  • Jack Ham (born 1948), former American football linebacker
  • Jack Hanna (born 1947), American zookeeper
  • Jack Hannah (1913–1994), American animator, writer, and director of animated shorts
  • Jack Heflin (born 1998), American football player
  • Jack Hennig (born 1946), Canadian singer-songwriter
  • Jack Harper (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Jack Herer (1939–2010), American cannabis activist
  • Jack Hill (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Jack Hirsch (born 1941 or 1942), American basketball player and coach
  • Jack Hirsh (born c. 1941), Canadian clinician and scientist
  • Jack Hobbs (1882–1963), English cricketer
  • Jack Hoffman (American football) (1930–2001), American football player
  • Jack Holt (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Jack Hughes (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Jack Huston (born 1982), English actor
  • Jack Hyles (1926–2001), figure in the American Independent Baptist movement
  • Jack Iddon (1902–1946), English cricketer
  • Jack Ikin (1918–1984), English cricketer
  • Jack Ingram (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Jack Iroga (born 1986), sprinter from the Solomon Islands
  • Jack Irons (born 1962), American musician
  • Jack Iverson (1915–1973), Australian cricketer
  • Jack Jacobs (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Jack Jewsbury (born 1981), American soccer player
  • Jack Johnson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Jack Jones (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Jack Kamen (1920–2008), American illustrator
  • Jack Katz (born c. 1943), American businessman
  • Jack Keane (born 1943), retired four-star general, former Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army, and defense analyst
  • Jack Kemp (1935–2009), American politician and collegiate and professional football player
  • John F. Kennedy (1917–1963), American president, often called "Jack"
  • Jack Kerouac (1922–1969), American novelist
  • Jack Ketch (died 1686), English executioner employed by King Charles II
  • Jack Kevorkian (1928–2011), American doctor
  • Jack Kilby (1923–2005), American electrical engineer
  • Jack Kirby (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Jack Klugman (1922–2012), American actor
  • Jack Kornfield (born 1945), American author and teacher in the vipassana movement in American Theravada Buddhism
  • Jack Kotelawala (1910–1992), Sri Lankan Ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1969-1970
  • Jack Kruger (born 1994), American professional baseball player
  • Jack Ladyman (born 1947), American politician
  • Jack Lambert (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Jack Layton (1950–2011), Canadian politician
  • Jack Leathersich (born 1990), American baseball player
  • Jack Lemmon (1925–2001), American actor
  • Jack Lew (born 1955), American government administrator, attorney, and 76th United States Secretary of the Treasury
  • Jack Lindsay (1900–1990), Australian-born British writer and poet
  • Jack Lindsay (footballer) (1921–2006), Scottish footballer
  • Jack London (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Jack Lord (1920–1998), American actor
  • Jack Lowden (born 1990), Scottish actor
  • Jack Lynch (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Jack Ma (born 1964), Chinese entrepreneur and philanthropist
  • Jack Mack (1881–1960), Australian rules footballer
  • Jack Mara (1908–1965), co-owner of the New York Giants football franchise
  • Jack Markell (born 1960), American politician
  • Jack Marsh (c. 1874–1916), Australian first-class cricketer
  • Jack McBrayer (born 1973), American comedic actor
  • Jack McCall (1852/1853–1877), murderer of Old West legend Wild Bill Hickok
  • Jack McConnell (born 1960), Scottish politician, First Minister of Scotland 2001–2007
  • Jack McCracken (1912–1958), American basketball player in the 1930s and 1940s
  • Jack McKinney (basketball) (1935–2018), American basketball coach
  • Jack McKinney (writer), pseudonym used by American authors James Luceno and Brian Daley
  • Jack McVite (1932–1967), British criminal
  • Jack Morelli (born 1962), American comic book letterer
  • Jack Morris (born 1955), American former Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Jack Nance (1943–1996), American actor
  • Jack Narz (1922–2008), American television announcer and game show host
  • Jack Nasher (born 1979), German business psychologist, author, and professor
  • Jack Neo (born 1960), Singaporean film and television actor, host, and director
  • Jack Newman (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Jack Nicholson (born 1937), American actor
  • Jack Nicklaus (born 1940), American golfer
  • Jack Nitzsche (1937–2000), American musician, arranger, producer, songwriter, and film score composer
  • Jack Novak (born 1953), American former professional football player
  • Jack Null (1924–2003), American college basketball coach
  • Jack Oakie (1903–1978), American actor
  • Jack O'Connell (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Jack Ohman (born 1960), American editorial cartoonist
  • Jack Okey (1889–1963), American art director
  • Jack Oleck (1914–1981), American novelist and comic book writer
  • Jack Olsen (1925–2002), American journalist and author
  • Jack O'Neill (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Jack Osbourne (born 1985), English media personality
  • Jack O'Shea (born 1957), Irish former Gaelic footballer
  • Jack Owen (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Jack Paar (1918–2004), American author, comedian, and talk show host
  • Jack Palance (1919–2006), American actor
  • Jack Pardee (1936–2013), American National Football League player and head coach
  • Jack Parsons (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Jack Patera (1933–2018), American former football player and coach in the National Football League
  • Jack Paterson (born 1974), Canadian director, devisor, dramaturg, translator, actor
  • Jack Peart (1888–1948), English footballer
  • Jack Pickersgill (1905–1997), Canadian civil servant and politician
  • Jack Joseph Puig, American music engineer and producer
  • Jack Quaid (born 1992), American actor
  • Jack Quinlan (1927–1965), American sportscaster
  • Jack Quinn (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Jack N. Rakove (born 1947), American historian, author, professor, and Pulitzer Prize winner
  • Jack Ralite (1928–2017), French politician
  • Jack Ramsay (1925–2014), American basketball coach
  • Jack Reed (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Jack Regan (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Jack Rieley (1942–2015), American record producer
  • Jack Riewoldt (born 1988), Australian rules footballer
  • Jack River (born Holly Rankin, 1991), Australian singer-songwriter
  • Jack Rosenthal (1931–2004), English playwright
  • Jack Roush (born 1942), American founder, CEO, and co-owner of Roush Fenway Racing
  • Jack Ruby (1911–1967), American nightclub operator who killed Lee Harvey Oswald
  • Jack Russell (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Jack Sack (1902–1980), American football player and coach
  • Jack Shepherd (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Jack Sikma (born 1955), American National Basketball Association center
  • Jack Snelling (born 1972), Australian politician
  • Jack Sock (born 1992), American tennis player
  • Jack Souther (1924–2014), American-Canadian geologist
  • Jack Stauber (born 1996), American musician, YouTuber and animator
  • Jack Steinberger (1921–2020), American physicist
  • Jack Stoll (born 1998), American football player
  • Jack Straw (born 1946), British politician
  • Jack Swagger (born 1982), American wrestler
  • Jack Swift (born 1985), Australian paratriathlete
  • Jack Tatum (1948–2010), American National Football League player
  • Jack Taylor (basketball) (born 1990), American basketball player
  • Jack Tighe (1913–2002), American Major League Baseball head coach
  • Jack Titus (1908–1978), Australian rules football player
  • Jack Tocho (born 1995), American football player
  • Jack Trice (1902–1923), American football player
  • Jack Troy (1928–1995), Australian rugby league footballer
  • Jack Twyman (1934–2012), American basketball player and sports broadcaster
  • Jack Ulrich (1890–1927), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Jack Underman (1925–1969), American basketball player
  • Jack Underwood (1894–1936), American football player
  • Jack Unruh (1935–2016), American commercial illustrator
  • Jack Unterweger (1950–1994), Austrian serial killer
  • Jack Urban (1928–2006), former Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Jack Vale (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Jack Valenti (1921–2007), American political advisor and lobbyist, president of the Motion Picture Association of America
  • Jack Van Berg (1936–2017), American Hall-of-Fame horse trainer
  • Jack Van Impe (1931–2020), American televangelist
  • Jack Vance (1916–2013), American science fiction, fantasy, and mystery writer
  • Jack Veal (born 2007), British child actor
  • Jack Vettriano (born 1951), Scottish painter
  • Jack Victory (born 1964), American professional wrestler and manager
  • Jack Vidgen (born 1997), Australian singer
  • Jack Viney (born 1994), Australian rules football player
  • Jack Voigt (born 1966), Major League Baseball outfielder
  • Jack Vosti (1903–1977), Australian rules footballer
  • Jack Waite (born 1969), American former tennis player
  • Jack Warner (disambiguation)
  • Jack Webb (1920–1982), American actor, television producer, director, and screenwriter
  • Jack Welch (disambiguation)
  • Jack White (disambiguation)
  • Jack Whitehall (born 1988), English comedian, presenter, actor, and writer
  • Jack Wild (1952–2006), English actor
  • Jack Williamson (1908–2006), American science fiction writer
  • Jack Wilshere (born 1992), English footballer
  • Jack Witikka (1916–2002), Finnish film director
  • Jack Liangjie Xu, former Co-President and Chief Technology Officer of SINA Corporation
  • Jack Yan (born 1972), New Zealand publisher, designer, and businessman
  • Jack Yang, American computer scientist and biophysicist
  • Jack Yarber (born 1967), American singer, songwriter, and guitarist
  • Jack Yeandle (born 1989), English rugby union player
  • Jack Yellen (1892–1991), American lyricist and screenwriter
  • Jack Yerman (born 1939), American former sprinter
  • Jack Yost (born 1945), American politician
  • Jack Youngblood (born 1950), American former college and professional football player
  • Jack Youngerman (1926–2020), American artist
  • Jack Zajac (born 1929), American artist
  • Jack Zduriencik (born 1951), Major League Baseball general manager
  • Jack Zelig (1888–1912), American gangster
  • Jack Zeller (1883–1969), American baseball executive
  • Jack Zhao (born 1969), Chinese contract bridge player
  • Jack Ziebell (born 1991), Australian rules footballer
  • Jack Zilly (1921–2009), American football player
  • Jack Zipes (born 1937), American retired professor of German
  • Jack Zouhary (born 1951), American federal judge
  • Jack Zunz (1923–2018), British civil engineer, former chairman of Ove Arup & Partners

Fictional characters[]

Folklore and nursery rhymes[]

Films and novels[]

  • Jack, a character from the 1993 American comedy-drama film Mrs. Doubtfire
  • Jack, a pseudonym used for the Narrator in the 1999 film Fight Club
  • Jack, the main protagonist in Roadflower
  • Jack Aubrey, an officer in the Royal Navy of the Napoleonic Wars, one of the two main characters in the Aubrey–Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian
  • Jack Burton, from the film Big Trouble in Little China
  • Jack Callaghan, from the 1995 film While You Were Sleeping
  • Jack Crawford, in the Hannibal Lecter book series and several adaptations
  • Jack "Caul" Bentham, the abusive older brother of Alma Peregrine from the novels Hollow City and Library of Souls
  • Jack Dawson, from the 1997 film Titanic
  • Jack Frost, from the 1997 horror film Jack Frost
  • Jack Frost, from the 1998 film Jack Frost starring Michael Keaton
  • Jack Frost, from the 2012 DreamWorks Animation film Rise of the Guardians
  • Jack Harper, protagonist of the 2013 film Oblivion
  • Jack Joshua, a character in the 1987 American buddy cop action movie Lethal Weapon
  • Jack Kelly, main character in the 1992 film Newsies and the 2011 musical
  • Jack "Killer" Bean, the main protagonist of Killer Bean Forever, voiced by Vegas J. Jenkins (in 2009 movie) and Jeff Lew (2020 series)
  • Jack Lerolland, protagonist in 1994 film Roadflower
  • Jack Merridew, in the Lord of the Flies novel by William Golding
  • Jack O'Neill, a character in the 1989 American action comedy movie Speed Zone
  • Jack Reacher, protagonist in a series of novels by Lee Child
  • Jack Ryan, in Tom Clancy books and film adaptations
  • Jack Shamir, a character in the 1994 American comedy film Robot in the Family
  • Jack Skellington, from the film The Nightmare Before Christmas
  • Jack Sparrow, protagonist of the Pirates of the Caribbean films
  • Jack Torrance, from the 1977 novel The Shining and its film adaptation from 1980
  • Jack West Jr, protagonist in a series of novels written by Matthew Reilly
  • Jack Wallach, in 1997 American TV miniseries Asteroid

Television[]

  • Jack Abbott, in the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless
  • John "Jack" Arnold, a character in the American coming-of-age, comedy-drama television series The Wonder Years
  • Jack Bauer, main character in the American TV series 24
  • Jack Branning, in the British soap opera EastEnders
  • Jack Carter (Eureka), in the American TV series Eureka
  • Jack Donaghy, in the American TV series 30 Rock
  • Jack Duckworth, in the British soap opera Coronation Street
  • Jack Fenton, in the American animated TV series Danny Phantom
  • Jack Geller, recurring character in the American TV show Friends
  • Father Jack Hackett, in the British TV series Father Ted
  • Jack Harkness, main character in the British TV series Torchwood and a recurring character in Doctor Who
  • Jack Hodgins, in the American TV series Bones
  • Jack Kline, one of the main characters in the American TV series Supernatural
  • Jack Landors, in the American TV series Power Rangers SPD
  • Jack McFarland, in the American sitcom Will & Grace
  • Jack O'Neill, main character in the Canadian-American TV series Stargate SG-1
  • Jack Osborne, in the British soap opera Hollyoaks
  • Jack Samuels, a corrupt detective in American TV series American Horror Story: Cult
  • Jack Shephard, main character in the American TV series Lost
  • Jack Spicer, villain in the American animated series Xiaolin Showdown
  • Jack Sugden, in the British soap opera Emmerdale
  • Jack Tripper, protagonist of the American sitcoms Three's Company and Three's a Crowd
  • Jack Pearson, main character in the American TV series This is Us
  • Jack the Front Loader, in the British TV series Thomas and Friends
  • Jack, main character in the American series Jack's Big Music Show
  • Jack, in the French animated series Oggy and the Cockroaches
  • Ultraman Jack, the main character of Japanese TV series The Return of Ultraman

Video games[]

  • Jack (Tekken), multiple characters from the Tekken series
  • Jack (Mass Effect), in the Mass Effect series
  • Handsome Jack, the main antagonist from Borderlands 2
  • Jack (BioShock), a.k.a. Jack Ryan, the silent protagonist of BioShock
  • Genocide Jack, a serial killer and the alternate personality of Toko Fukawa from the Danganronpa series
  • Jack, a main character in Minecraft Story Mode, Season 2
  • Jack, a.k.a. Big Boss or Naked Snake, from the Metal Gear Solid series
  • Jack, a.k.a. Raiden, from the Metal Gear Solid series
  • Jack Rourke, the protagonist of Need for Speed: The Run
  • Jack Marston, in Red Dead Redemption and its sequel
  • Jack Cayman, the protagonist of MadWorld
  • Jack Pardew, a minor villain in MadWorld

Mascots[]

  • Jack Box, mascot of the American restaurant chain Jack in the Box
  • Jack the Bulldog, Georgetown University mascot

Other[]

  • Dr. Jack Bright, a character featured in several stories and articles produced for the collaborative fiction project SCP Foundation

See also[]

  • Jack (disambiguation)
  • Jacques
  • Jock (given name)
  • Old Jack (disambiguation), a list of people with the nickname and a few other items

References[]

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