as a First Name
Mostly a nickname for the bearer of any given name beginning with J-, especially James (in this case arising probably from the written abbreviation Jas., which was formerly in common use), but sometimes used as an independent given name and in part associated with the vocabulary word referring to the style of music so called. This word came into English from African-American slang of the southern United States in the early 20th century, and is of unknown origin. (There have been innumerable speculations.)
| 9,902nd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 400
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Hawaii
- has the most people named Jazz per capita
- 1995
- marked the height of its popularity
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55%
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