Proper noun
Jackson (countable and uncountable, plural Jacksons)
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
- Andrew Jackson, President of the United States (1829–1837).
- Michael Jackson, singer and entertainer (1958–2009).
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
2004, Kate Atkinson, Case Histories, →ISBN, page 158:Francis was named for his mother's father and Jackson himself was named for his father's mother. Not that his grandmother was called Jackson, of course - it was a maiden name (Margaret Jackson) and it was a Scottish tradition, his father informed him.
- A placename:
- A number of places in the United States:
- The capital city of Mississippi, and one of the two county seats of Hinds County.
- A city in Alabama.
- A city, the county seat of Amador County, California.
- A city, the county seat of Butts County, Georgia.
- An unincorporated community in Tipton County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in Ripley County, Indiana.
- A city, the county seat of Breathitt County, Kentucky.
- A town in Louisiana.
- A town in Maine.
- A city, the county seat of Jackson County, Michigan.
- A city, the county seat of Jackson County, Minnesota.
- A city, the county seat of Cape Girardeau County, Missouri.
- An unincorporated community in Beaverhead County, Montana.
- A village in Nebraska.
- A town in New Hampshire.
- A town in New York.
- A town, the county seat of Northampton County, North Carolina.
- An unincorporated community in Union County, North Carolina, named after Andrew Jackson.
- A city, the county seat of Jackson County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community and township in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.
- A town in South Carolina.
- A city, the county seat of Madison County, Tennessee.
- An unincorporated community in Columbia County, Washington.
- Several places in Wisconsin:
- A town in Adams County, Wisconsin.
- A town in Burnett County, Wisconsin.
- A town in Washington County, Wisconsin.
- A village in Washington County, Wisconsin, adjacent to the town.
- A town, the county seat of Teton County, Wyoming.
- Many townships in the United States, listed under Jackson Township.
- Ellipsis of Jackson County.
- A town in Queensland, Australia.
Translations
transliterations of the surname
- Arabic: جَاكْسُون m (jāksūn)
- Belarusian: Джэ́ксан m (Džéksan)
- Bulgarian: Джаксън m (Džaksǎn)
- Burmese: ဂျက်ဆင် (gyakhcang)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 積遜/积逊 (zik1 seon3)
- Mandarin: 傑克遜/杰克逊 (zh) (Jiékèxùn), 傑克森/杰克森 (zh) (Jiékèsēn) (Taiwan)
- Danish: Jackson
- Georgian: ჯექსონი (ǯeksoni)
- Greek: Τζάκσον (el) (Tzákson)
- Hebrew: גֶ׳קְסוֹן m (jékson)
- Hindi: जैक्सन (jaiksan)
- Japanese: ジャクソン (Jakuson)
- Korean: 잭슨 (Jaekseun)
- Latvian: Džeksons m, Džeksona f
- Macedonian: Џексон m (Džekson)
- Marathi: जॅक्सन (jĕksan)
- Persian: جکسون (fa) (jakson)
- Russian: Дже́ксон (ru) m (Džékson)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Џексон m
- Roman: Džekson m
- Thai: แจ็กสัน (jàeksăn)
- Ukrainian: Дже́ксон m (Džékson)
- Uyghur: جېكسون (jëkson)
- Vietnamese: Jackson, Giắc-xơn
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cognates of the surname
— see Johnson
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Jackson is the 19th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 708,099 people. Jackson is most common among black (53.0%) and white (39.9%) people.
Noun
Jackson (plural Jacksons)
- (US) A U.S. 20-dollar banknote USD (from the portrait of President Andrew Jackson on the bill).
- Synonym: Andrew Jackson
1955, Ray Charles, Greenbacks:She looked at me with that familiar desire
Her eyes lit up like they were on fire
She said, "My name's Flo, and you're on the right track,
But look here, daddy, I wear furs on my back,
So if you want to have fun in this man's land,
Let Lincoln and Jackson start shaking hands."
- A member of The Jackson 5.
Further reading
- “Jackson”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “Jackson”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “Jackson”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- “Jackson”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “Jackson”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.