as a Last Name
- 17,958
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Jernigan
Meaning & Origins
English (Suffolk): variant spelling of English Jernegan, which is of uncertain derivation. Reaney believes it to be of Breton origin, probably identical with the Old Breton personal name Iarnuuocon ‘iron famous’, taken to East Anglia by Bretons at the time of the Norman Conquest.
| 2,049th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 17,958
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- North Carolina
- has the most people named Jernigan per capita
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