Jet

Where Jet comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Jet.

Jet through the years
  1. 1959
    First appearance
    #3,988 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1959
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
  3. 2019
    Peak, #1,136
    171 babies named Jet, the most in any year.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
  • A female given name.
Namesakes

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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.