Given name
Jaguar
“resembling the animal; one who is fast”
Jaguar is used as a given name. One English interpretation is “resembling the animal; one who is fast.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “resembling the animal; one who is fast.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1992. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jaguar through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 68
- 68 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1995
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 12 in 1995. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 137 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jaguar’s family of names
Jaguar has a related form in Jaghuar. Jaguar has a related form in Jagwar. Jaguar has a related form in Jagwhar.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Jaguar
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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