Jeb - Meaning of Jeb

What does Jeb mean?

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[ 1 syll. jeb, je-b ] The baby boy name Jeb is pronounced JHehB †. Jeb is of Hebrew origin. It is used mainly in the English and Hebrew languages.

In addition, Jeb is a contraction (English and Hebrew) of Jebediah (English).

Variations of Jeb include Jebb (English), Jebby (English), Jebi, and Jeby.

Both the origin and meaning of Jeb is inherited by all variant forms.

See also the related categories, english and hebrew.

Jeb is uncommon as a baby boy name. At the height of its usage in 1978, 0.005% of baby boys were given the name Jeb. It had a ranking of #954 then. The baby name has seen a decline in popularity since then, and is currently of very modest use. Within all boy names in its family, Jeb was nonetheless the most regularly used in 2018.

Baby names that sound like Jeb include Jebb, Jebbe, Jabe, Jackub, Jakobe, Jaycob, Jaykob, Jeff, Jepp, Jeppe, Joav, Job, Jobe, Joesph, Joff, Johb, Jove, Jube, Jup, and Jupe.

† Pronunciation for Jeb: JH as in "joy (JH.OY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)"

Details of famous persons named Jeb:
Political Relative Jeb (Jr) Bush, born John Ellis Bush (Jr) 1983.
State Governor Jeb Bush, born John Ellis Bush 11 February 1953, Midland, Texas.