Jason
Jason is a boy name of Greek origin, meaning Healer.
What Jason means
Healer.
Jason sits at 5 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Jason comes from
Greek names often reach back to mythology, philosophy, or the early Church. They tend to be transparently meaningful in the original: many are compounds you can still take apart into their two halves.
Jason is recorded as Greek in origin. Browse other Greek names.
How popular is Jason?
In the boy name rankings we track, Jason falls outside the top 100. That puts it in the broad middle ground where most names live: familiar to those who know it, uncommon enough to still feel like a choice.
The character of Jason
The thread we file Jason under is Healer — worth following if that association is what caught your attention in the first place.
Themes: Healer
Names like Jason
These share Jason's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Galen — Calm; a healer.
- Ezra — Help, helper.
- Jayceon — Healer; the Lord is salvation.
- Rafael — God has healed.
- Remy — Oarsman; remedy.
- Asa — Healer; physician.
- Raphael — God has healed.
- Raffaella — God has healed.
- Verbena — Sacred bough; the healing herb.
- Alexander — Defender of the people.
- Andreas — Manly, brave.
- Atlas — Enduring; the Titan who bears the sky.