Jeb

Where Jeb comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Jeb.

  • 1 syllable
Jeb through the years
  1. 1944
    First appearance
    #3,430 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1953
    Jeb Bush born
    Governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007
  3. 1957
    Jeb Hensarling born
    former U.S. Representative from Texas
  4. 1978
    Peak, #950
    83 babies named Jeb, its best rank.
  5. 1986
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,588.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Jebediah.
Namesakes
  • Jeb Bush · Governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007, born 1953
  • Jeb Hensarling · former U.S. Representative from Texas, born 1957
  • Jeb Stuart · American writer and film director, born 1956
  • Jeb Brovsky · American soccer player, born 1988
  • Jeb Bradley · American politician, born 1952

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.