Jason (given name)
Jason or Jason (Greek Ἰάσων ) is a male first name.
Origin and Meaning
Greek Ἰάσων, the healer.
Dissemination
Jason is in ancient times the name of a Greek goddess. Since then, he is actively using. Even today, children especially in Europe and North America are commonly named Jason.
Name-day
Variants
The feminine form of the given name is Iasonia.
- English: Jace and Jayson.
- Italian: Giasone
Bearers of the name
Historical people
- Jason, the Greek hero of legend
- Jason of Pherae, tyrant of Pherae, 4th century BC
- Jason of Cyrene, historian, 2nd century BC
- Jason of Nysa, stoic philosopher, 1st century BC
- Jason of Argos, historian, 2nd century AD
- Jason of Byzantium, Greek poet
People in the modern age
- Jason Arnold ( * 19 **), American singer, DJ and songwriter
- Jason Becker (born 1969 ), American heavy metal guitarist
- Jason Bent ( born 1977 ), Canadian football player and coach
- Jason Biggs (born 1978 ), American actor
- Jason Robert Brown (born 1970 ), American musical composer and author
- Jason Collins (born 1978 ), American basketball player
- Jason Culina ( born 1980 ), Australian football player of Croatian descent
- Jason Danskin (born 1967 ), English footballer
- Jason Derulo (* 1989), American singer and songwriter
- Jason Dohring ( b. 1982 ), American actor
- Jason Donovan ( b. 1968 ), Australian singer and actor
- Jason Everly ( * 19 **), American musician and actor
- Jason Gardener ( b. 1975 ), British track and field athlete
- Jason Isaacs ( born 1963 ), British actor
- Jason Jaspers ( born 1981 ), Canadian ice hockey player
- Jason Kidd (born 1973 ), American basketball player
- Jason Krog ( born 1975 ), Canadian ice hockey player
- Jason Lee (born 1970 ), American actor
- Jason Scott Lee (born 1966 ), American actor
- Jason Leffler (1975-2013), American racing driver
- Jason Lewis (born 1967 ), British adventurer
- Jason Lewis (born 1971 ), American actor
- Jason London (born 1972 ), American actor and producer
- Jason Miller (ice hockey player) (born 1971 ), Canadian ice hockey player
- Jason Miller ( martial artist ) ( born 1980 ), American martial artist
- Jason Anthony Miller (1939-2001), American actor and playwright
- Jason Molina (1973-2013), American musician
- Jason Momoa ( born 1979 ), American actor
- Jason Moran ( born 1975 ), American jazz pianist
- Jason Mraz ( born 1977 ), American singer -songwriter
- Jason Newsted ( b. 1963 ), American bassist
- Jason Orange (born 1970 ), member of the pop group Take That
- Jason Palmer ( 1979), American jazz trumpeter
- Jason Phillips ( born 1975 ), American rapper
- Jason James Richter ( born 1980 ), American actor
- Jason Rigby ( born 1974 ), American jazz musician
- Jason Robards (1922-2000), American actor
- Jason Rohrer ( b. 1977 ), American author
- Jason Schwartzman ( born 1980 ), American musician and actor
- Jason Smyth (* 1987), Irish athlete
- Jason Spevack (* 1997), Canadian actor
- Jason Starr ( born 1968 ), American author
- Jason Statham (born 1972 ), British actor
- Jason Stein ( born 1976 ), American jazz musician
- Jason Stoltenberg (born 1970 ), Australian tennis player
- Jason Wiemer (born 1976 ), Canadian ice hockey player
- Jason Wilcox (born 1971 ), English footballer
Art figures
- Jason Dark, publishing pseudonym of Bastion - Luebbe Verlag
- Jason Voorhees figure from the Slasherfilmreihe Friday the 13th
- Jason Bourne, fictional character
- Male first name
- English personal name