Jain is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Jain
No. of characters: 4
Origin: England
Meaning:

The form of Jeanes. Probably from the French Jean, John.

Jain is the variant form of Jansen. Jans zoon, John's son.

Surname is variant form of Johnsen. The son of John meaning "gracious gift of Jehovah".

The variation of Jensen. The son of Jens, a variant of John meaning "gracious gift of Jehovah".

The lastname is variant form of Janes. Descendant of Jan, a form of John meaning "gracious gift of Jehovah".

The family name is a variant of Ianson. The son of Ian, Gaelic form of John meaning "gracious gift of Jehovah".

The surname is variant form of Jahn. Descendant of Jahn meaning "gracious gift of Jehovah".

Jain is the variant form of Janik. Descendant of little Jan meaning "gracious gift of Jehovah".

Variant of Jansen. The son of Jan, Dutch and Scandinavian form of John meaning "gracious gift of Jehovah".

Jain is variant form of Jane. It may be a corruption of the French Jean, John.

The surname Jain is the form of Janson. See John and Janssen - This baptismal name, which is of Norman introduction, has rarely passed into a surname. The Lond. Direct. for 1852 affords but one instance. It has been, however, the source, in various modified forms, of a considerable number of names, some of which are amongst the most common in the whole circle of our nomenclature. Its immediate derivative, John son, and its Welsh genitive form , Jones, substantiate this assertion; but we have besides Johns, Johnes, Joanes, Johncock, Janson, Jannings, Jennings, Jenks, Jenkyn, Jenkins, and Jinkins, Jenkinson, and perhaps Janes and Jenson. The Flemish nickname Hans from Johannes, seems to be the root of Hanson, Hancock, etc. Jack and Jackson might seem to claim the same parentage, but I think there is more reason for affiliating them upon James.

A termination of several surnames, as Littlejohn, Micklejohn, Upjohn, Prettyjohn, Applejohn, Properjohn, and Brownjohn.

Some of these, as Upjohn and Apple john, may be corruptions—the rest seem to be significant and descriptive. John is a personal name so common throughout Christendom that some prefix by way of epithet seems occasionally to have been necessary, in order to distinguish between two or more persons bearing it; thus the French have their Grosjeans, 'big or fat Johns;' the Dutch their Grootjans, or ó bulky Johns; ' the Italians their Gioranizzi, or 'handsome large Johns;' the Highlanders their Mac- Fadyeans, the sons of 'long John,' as also their Mac-Trors or sons of 'big John;' and the Lowland Scotch their Mickejohns or 'large stout Johns.' In the Hundred Rolls, we have one Duraund lo Bon Johan-'Durrant the Goodl-John!'.

Jain is the variant of the Jayne. See Jane - It may be a corruption of the French Jean, John.

Jain is variant form of Jenson. See John - This baptismal name, which is of Norman introduction, has rarely passed into a surname. The Lond. Direct. for 1852 affords but one instance. It has been, however, the source, in various modified forms, of a considerable number of names, some of which are amongst the most common in the whole circle of our nomenclature. Its immediate derivative, John son, and its Welsh genitive form , Jones, substantiate this assertion; but we have besides Johns, Johnes, Joanes, Johncock, Janson, Jannings, Jennings, Jenks, Jenkyn, Jenkins, and Jinkins, Jenkinson, and perhaps Janes and Jenson. The Flemish nickname Hans from Johannes, seems to be the root of Hanson, Hancock, etc. Jack and Jackson might seem to claim the same parentage, but I think there is more reason for affiliating them upon James.

A termination of several surnames, as Littlejohn, Micklejohn, Upjohn, Prettyjohn, Applejohn, Properjohn, and Brownjohn.

Some of these, as Upjohn and Apple john, may be corruptions—the rest seem to be significant and descriptive. John is a personal name so common throughout Christendom that some prefix by way of epithet seems occasionally to have been necessary, in order to distinguish between two or more persons bearing it; thus the French have their Grosjeans, 'big or fat Johns;' the Dutch their Grootjans, or ó bulky Johns; ' the Italians their Gioranizzi, or 'handsome large Johns;' the Highlanders their Mac- Fadyeans, the sons of 'long John,' as also their Mac-Trors or sons of 'big John;' and the Lowland Scotch their Mickejohns or 'large stout Johns.' In the Hundred Rolls, we have one Duraund lo Bon Johan-'Durrant the Goodl-John!'.

How popular is Jain?

As per 2010 US census, number of Jains grew by 93.9 per cent to 11626 since 2000 and ranked 3094 after elevating 2254 spots. The last name was found in around 4 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
93.35 89.21
White 3.54 6.07
Others 1.74 3.62
Hispanic or Latino 0.79 0.58
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.34 0.15
Black 0.25 0.37

Immigrants to US

From Germany

24 years old tailor Carl Jain who was residing in Hessen migrated to New York on July 27, 1855 by C.J. Borgstedt put out from Bremen. Heinr. Jain, aged 27, 25 years old Franz Jain, Michael Jain (33) Farmer, are other Jain that migrated to US.

Jain Namesakes

  • Kamini Jain, Canadian sprint kayaker
  • Dipak C. Jain, Director of Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration of Chulalongkorn University
  • Girilal Jain, Indian journalist
  • Essie Jain, English singer-songwriter born and raised
  • Mag Raj Jain, social worker of Rajasthan state
  • Devaki Jain, Indian economist and writer
  • Ramesh Jain, scientist and entrepreneur
  • Rakesh Jain, Andrew Werk Cook Professor of Tumor Biology at Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Ravindra Jain, blind Indian music composer and lyricist
  • Meenal Jain, top 6 finalist
  • Anshu Jain, British Indian business executive
  • Ajit Jain, is Indian born and is Vice Chairman of Insurance Operations for Berkshire Hathaway as of January 10
  • Milap Chand Jain, former Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court
  • Pusp Jain, member of the 13th Lok Sabha and 14th Lok Sabha of India
  • Sunny Jain, American dhol player, drummer, and composer
  • Indu Jain, current chairperson of India's largest media group
  • Anand Jain, Indian business executive
  • Bhavarlal Jain, Indian entrepreneur
  • Anju Jain, former Indian cricketer
  • B. Jain, Indian publishing house with headquarters
  • Satya Pal Jain, Additional Solicitor General of India & Member of the Law Commission of India
  • Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain, industrialist and philanthropist of India
  • Prabhakiran Jain, Dr
  • Naveen Jain, business executive
  • Sahu Ramesh Chandra Jain, leading mediaperson, philanthropist

Jain Namesakes

  • Kamini Jain, Canadian sprint kayaker
  • Dipak C. Jain, Director of Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration of Chulalongkorn University
  • Girilal Jain, Indian journalist
  • Essie Jain, English singer-songwriter born and raised
  • Mag Raj Jain, social worker of Rajasthan state
  • Devaki Jain, Indian economist and writer
  • Ramesh Jain, scientist and entrepreneur
  • Rakesh Jain, Andrew Werk Cook Professor of Tumor Biology at Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Ravindra Jain, blind Indian music composer and lyricist
  • Meenal Jain, top 6 finalist
  • Anshu Jain, British Indian business executive
  • Ajit Jain, is Indian born and is Vice Chairman of Insurance Operations for Berkshire Hathaway as of January 10
  • Milap Chand Jain, former Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court
  • Pusp Jain, member of the 13th Lok Sabha and 14th Lok Sabha of India
  • Sunny Jain, American dhol player, drummer, and composer
  • Indu Jain, current chairperson of India's largest media group
  • Anand Jain, Indian business executive
  • Bhavarlal Jain, Indian entrepreneur
  • Anju Jain, former Indian cricketer
  • B. Jain, Indian publishing house with headquarters
  • Satya Pal Jain, Additional Solicitor General of India & Member of the Law Commission of India
  • Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain, industrialist and philanthropist of India
  • Prabhakiran Jain, Dr
  • Naveen Jain, business executive
  • Sahu Ramesh Chandra Jain, leading mediaperson, philanthropist

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