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Jason (M)>

Jason (male)

Variants:Iasan (M) Iason (M)
Diminutive(s):Jas (M) Jase (M)
Lesser Synonym(s):Joshua (M)
Can be spelt:Iason (M)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
"Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Private communication [LA, JR2]
Notes:

English, from the Greek Iason "a healer". Joshua is also from this source so we have therefore classed these names as Lesser Synonyms.

  • A correspondent [LA] has pointed out that many [?most] earlier manuscripts used a common script for capitals "I" & "J". Thus Jason may have been written and then transcribed as Iason. Many on-line services have transcribed original documents faithfully so this version might be the one to look for in the indexes to earlier records.