Jack
diminutives: Jackie, Jacky
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| FOR REAL: Jack started out as a medieval pet form of John. The suffix -kin was a regular diminutive back then, so John became Jankin, which in turn got shortened to Jack. The middle form survives as the last name Jenkins. Jack is often used on its own today, though. | |||||
diminutives: Jackie, Jacky |
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