Given name & surname · also Breton
Jekyll
“lord, ruler, prince”
Jekyll is a masculine given name from Breton, ultimately from Old Breton.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jekyll goes back to Old Breton iudd, meaning “lord, ruler, prince.”
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Where it comes from
Jekyll comes from Breton, and ultimately from Old Breton.
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How it developed
From Old Breton Iudicael, from Old Breton iudd (“lord, ruler, prince”), from Old Breton cael (“generous, noble”).
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The story
As a given name, Jekyll was taken from the surname.
Jekyll’s family of names
In English usage, Jekyll shares a linguistic root with the French form Judicaël.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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