Surname · also Spanish

Jaén

Jaén is a surname from Spanish, ultimately from Latin.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Jaén comes from Spanish, and ultimately from Latin.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Spanish Jaén, from Arabic جَيَّان, from Latin Villa Gaiena.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Jaén, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Hebrew

Ján

“Yahweh is gracious”

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>99% boys

Ancient Greek

Jerk

Jerk is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Alemannic German.

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>99% boys

Ancient Greek

Jasão

Jasão is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Portuguese.

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>99% boys

Latin

Jakue

Jakue is a given name from Latin. It is used in Basque.

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Latin

Jakop

Jakop is a masculine given name. It is used in Icelandic.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Latin

Josèp

“God will add”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Latin

Jozeb

Jozeb is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Breton.

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>99% boys

Latin

Jordanès

Jordanès is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in French.

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>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Jaén’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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