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Jap

Jap is a surname from Hokkien, ultimately from Hakka. It is used in Indonesian.

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Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Jap comes from Hokkien, and ultimately from Hakka.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Hokkien 葉 (Ia̍p), from Hakka 葉 (Ya̍p).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Jap through the years

Babies since 1880
25
25 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
1920
10 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
02.557.510192019401960198020002025Highest share 19200.0
Jap in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1918–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1923. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 1920.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Jap’s family of names

In Indonesian usage, Jap as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with YIP. In Dutch usage, Jap has a related form in Jaap. In Indonesian usage, Jap as a surname has a related form in Ijap.

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JapJåpJaapYapIjapYip

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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.

Across languages 1

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

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