Jock



Gender:
Origin: Hebrew
167 famous people named Jock found on Wikipedia.
1089 male in US.
Most recent ranking: 11641-th in year 2009
Best ranking: 1141-th in year 1957
Used in: Scottish

Meanings

Jock is a Scottish diminutive form of the forename "John"; it corresponds to Jack in England. It is also a nickname.


1952, short for jockstrap "supporter of the male genital organs," which also meant, in slang, "athletic male." Jock with the meaning "an athletic man" is from 1963, American English slang. A jockette (1948) originally was a female disk jockey, then a female jockey (1969), then an athletic female (1979).


Scottish form of Jack, diminutive of the Biblical name John: God is gracious.

Famous People: 167 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Jock Mahoney 1919 Actor, stuntman
2 Jock Stein 1922 Scottish footballer and manager
3 Jock Semple 1903 American trainer
4 Jock Sturges 1947 American photographer
5 Jock Colville 1915 British civil servant and diarist
6 Jock Ewing Fictional human
7 Jock Lewes 1913 British Army officer
8 Jock Wallace 1935 Scottish footballer and manager
9 Jock Delves Broughton 1883 British aristocrat
10 Jock Stirrup 1949 Retired senior Royal Air Force commander and now a Crossbench member of the House of Lords.
11 Jock Palfreeman 1986 Australian murderer
12 Jock Clear 1963 British engineer
13 Jock 1972 British comics artist
14 Jock Climie Canadian football player
15 Jock Kinneir 1917 Typographer, graphic designer
16 Jock Slater 1938 Admiral Royal Navy; Deputy Lieutenant of Hampshire
17 Jock Rutherford 1884 English footballer and manager
18 Jock McHale 1881 Australian rules footballer and coach
19 Jock Bartley American musician
20 Jock Hutchison 1884 Professional golfer
21 Jock D. Mackinlay 1952 American visualization expert
22 Jock Brown 1946 British football commentator
23 Charles Jock 1989
24 Jock Soto American ballet dancer
25 Jock Callander 1961 Canadian ice hockey player
26 Jock Hobbs 1960 Rugby union player and sports administrator from New Zealand
27 Jock Sanders 1988 American football player
28 Jock Gaynor 1929 American actor
29 Jock McAvoy 1908 British boxer
30 Jock Cunningham 1903 British International Brogades volunteer
31 Jock Sturrock 1915 Australian yachtsman
32 Jock Bruce-Gardyne 1930 British politician
33 Jock Scot 1952
34 Jock Shaw 1912 Scottish footballer
35 Jock Brandis Canadian actor and writer
36 Jock Campbell, Baron Campbell of Eskan 1912 British businessman and peer
37 Jock Dodds 1915 Scottish footballer
38 Duach Jock 1986 Footballer
39 Jock Macdonald 1897 British artist
40 Jock Haston 1913 British politician
41 Jock Garden 1882 Australian politician
42 Jock McLaren 1902 Australian Army officer
43 Jock Wallace, Sr. 1911 Scottish footballer
44 Jock R. Anderson 1941 Agricultural economist
45 Jock Thomson 1906 Scottish footballer and manager
46 Jock McFadyen 1950 British artist
47 Jock Kane 1921
48 Jock Phillips 1947 New Zealand historian, author and encyclopedist
49 Jock Aird 1926 Scottish footballer
50 Jock Hamilton-Baillie 1919 British Army officer
51 Jock McKeen 1946 Canadian physician
52 Jock Cameron Footballer, Scottish football manager
53 Jock Butterfield 1932 New Zealand rugby league player
54 Jock Ross 1949 New Zealand rugby union player
55 Jock Simpson 1886 English footballer
56 Jock Wishart Scottish Arctic explorer
57 Jock Purdon 1925 British poet, songwriter, and coal miner
58 Jock West 1909 Motorcyclist
59 Jock White 1897 Scottish footballer
60 Jock Drummond 1870 Scottish footballer
61 Jock Spencer 1928 Australian rules footballer
62 Jock Robson 1899 Scottish footballer
63 Jock Wadley 1914 English journalist
64 Jock Carroll 1919 Canadian writer
65 Jock Edwards 1955 New Zealand cricketer
66 Jock Livingston 1920 Australian cricketer and rugby league player
67 Jock Ewart 1891 Scottish footballer
68 Jock Collier 1897 Scottish footballer and manager
69 Jock Gilfillan 1898 Footballer
70 Jock Nelson 1908 Australian politician
71 Jock Tiffin 1896 British trade union leader
72 Jock McCorkell 1918 Australian rules footballer and coach
73 Jock Mulraney 1916 Scottish footballer
74 Jock Weir 1923 Scottish footballer
75 Jock McNab 1894 Scottish footballer
76 Jock Menefee 1868 American baseball player
77 Jock Hanvey 1882 All-Southern college footballer
78 Jock Sutherland 1928 American basketball coach
79 John Hutton 1898 Scottish footballer
80 Jock Porter 1894 Motorcycle race champion
81 Jock Doherty 1894 Australian rules footballer
82 Jock Haswell
83 Jock Paterson 1926 English footballer
84 Jock McKenzie 1911 Australian rules footballer
85 Jock Cordner 1910 Australian rules footballer
86 Jock Marshall 1911 Australian ornithologist and writer
87 Jock McLean 1908 Scottish footballer
88 Jock Armstrong 1970 Scottish rally driver
89 Jock Ferguson 1887 American soccer player
90 Jock Leckie 1906 Footballer
91 Jock Scott 1906 Footballer
92 Jock Newall 1917 New Zealand association footballer
93 Jock Irvine 1944 Australian cricketer
94 Jock Whyte 1921 Scottish footballer
95 Jock Shearer 1917 Scottish footballer
96 Jock Campbell 1922 Scottish footballer
97 Jock Watson 1883 Scottish footballer
98 Jock Allan 1891 Association football player
99 Jock Barnes 1907 New Zealand trade unionist
100 Jock Govan 1923 Scottish footballer
101 Jock Adie 1930 Scottish footballer
102 Jock Somerlott 1882 American baseball player
103 Jock Wightman 1912 Scottish footballer
104 Jack Rattray 1890 Scottish footballer
105 Jock Richardson 1911 Scottish footballer
106 Jock Fahey 1911 Australian footballer
107 Jock Archibald 1895 Footballer
108 Jock McDougall 1901 Scottish footballer
109 Jock Reid 1907
110 Jock Inglis 1859 Scottish international footballer
111 Jock Kirton 1916 Scottish association footballer
112 Jock Walker 1882 Scottish footballer
113 Jock Espie 1868 Scottish footballer
114 Jock Carter 1910 English footballer
115 Jock Fleming 1864 Scottish footballer
116 Jock Robertson 1898 English footballer
117 Jock Blackwood 1899 Australian rugby union player
118 Jock Davie 1913 Scottish footballer
119 Jock Hamilton 1879 British association football player
120 Jock Wemyss 1893 Scottish rugby union player
121 Jock Morgan 1889 Scottish footballer
122 Jock Mungavin American gridiron football player
123 Jock Gibson 1921 Fencer
124 Jock Hume Scottish footballer
125 Jock Wilson 1870 Scottish footballer
126 Jock Grieve 1887 Scottish footballer
127 Jock McLorinan 1906
128 Jock Young Canoe slalom racer
129 Jock Edward
130 Jock Stirling 1869 Scottish footballer
131 Jock Ball 1912 Australian rules footballer
132 Jock Taylor 1886 Scottish footballer born 1886
133 Jock Malloch
134 Jock Hepburn 1860 British association football player
135 Jock Truman 1920 American art dealer
136 Jock Geselschap 1969 Dutch politician
137 Jock Salter 1898 Scottish footballer
138 Jock Henderson 1871 Scottish footballer born 1871
139 Jock Waters Scottish rugby union player
140 Jock Tait 1886 Scottish cricketer
141 Jock McIntyre Scottish footballer and manager
142 Jock Granter 1921
143 Jock Lineen 1890 Australian rules footballer
144 Jock Morison 1915 Australian rules footballer
145 Jock Hutcheson
146 Jock Turner 1909 Australian rules footballer
147 Jock O'Brien 1909
148 Jock Blair
149 Jock Corbett New Zealand association footballer
150 Jock Cumberford Australian soccer player
151 Jock Menzies 1889
152 Jock McLellan 1908 Umpire
153 Jock Purdie 1918
154 Jock McDonald 1956
155 Jock McBain 1882
156 James Vernon Andrew 1929
157 Jock Bell
158 Jock King
159 Jock McAtee
160 Jock Munro
161 Jock Lawrie
162 Jock Fraser
163 Jock Troup
164 Jock Landale 1995 Australian basketball player
165 John Hartley 1874 English cricket player
166 Jock Brews Golfer
167 Jock Byrne 1903