Jeb

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.

Jeb is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Polish, wham!; bang!; onomatopoeia for hitting, punching or explosions

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• ISO 639-3 language code for Jebero.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In mh, to reach, to get to, to arrive

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In dsb, imperative singular of jebaś

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Latvian, or, also known as, to wit

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Romanian, pocket

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• Jeb Stuart Magruderb. 1934USAmerican author, businessman, civil servant (1934-2014)
• Jeb Rosebrookb. 1935USAmerican screenwriter (1935–2018)
• Jeb Bradleyb. 1952USAmerican politician
• Jeb Bushb. 1953USGovernor of Florida from 1999 to 2007
• Jeb Stuartb. 1956USAmerican writer and film director
• Jeb Hensarlingb. 1957USformer U.S. Representative from Texas
• Jeb Stuart Adamsb. 1961USAmerican actor
• Jeb Bishopb. 1962USAmerican jazz musician
• James Boasbergb. 1963USnot in their usual nameAmerican judge
• Jeb Corlissb. 1976USProfessional skydiver and BASE jumper

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What are other forms of the name Jeb?

In the etymology graph, James, Jay and Jaime are forms of the same name in other languages.

How do you pronounce Jeb?

In English /d͡ʒɛb/ (Wiktionary).

Is Jeb a male or female name?

Jeb is a male name. National registers that list it by sex list it as male: United States (Census Bureau, 2020).

In which country does Jeb have the most bearers?

In the United States, the national register counted about 2.5 thousand people named Jeb, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jeb.

Where is Jeb most common?

Jeb is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 136 thousand people carrying it.

How common is the name Jeb?

In the United States, the national register counted 2,452 people named Jeb in 2020, about 1 in 136 thousand residents.