Jason

Etymology 1
From the, from. The Jason mentioned in the New Testament (Acts 17:5-9, Romans 16:21) is probably a Greek rendering of Joshua.

Proper noun

 * 1)  The leader of the Argonauts, who retrieved the Golden Fleece from king Aeetes of Colchis, for his uncle Pelias.
 * , Scene II:
 * I know he will be glad of our success: / We are the Jasons, we have won the fleece.

Usage notes

 * The given name was very popular in the English-speaking world in the 1970s and the 1980s.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: Язон
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 賈森, 傑森
 * Esperanto: Jazono
 * French:
 * Georgian: იასონი
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: Ἰάσων
 * Hungarian:
 * Inuktitut: ᔮᓱᓐ
 * Irish: Iasón
 * Italian: Giasone
 * Japanese: イアーソーン
 * Marathi: जेसन
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: Jasão
 * Romanian: Iason
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:, Јасон,
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: Jasón
 * Swedish:, Iason
 * Turkish: İason
 * Ukrainian:, Іасо́н,


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 賈森, 傑森
 * French:
 * Georgian: ჯეისონ
 * German:
 * Greek:, ,
 * Hebrew: ג׳ייסון
 * Hungarian: Jáson,
 * Italian: Giasone
 * Japanese: ジェイソン
 * Maori: Hahona
 * Marathi: जेसन
 * Portuguese: Jasão, Jason
 * Russian:, ,
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: Jasón,
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian:, Іасо́н,
 * Welsh: Jason, Iason

Etymology 2
Probably reduced from +  or a variant of.

Etymology
From, from the , from.

Proper noun

 * 1)  ; the leader of the Argonauts, who retrieved the Golden Fleece from king Aeetes of Colchis, for his uncle Pelias

Usage notes

 * son of Jason: Jasonarson or Jasonsson
 * daughter of Jason: Jasonardóttir or Jasonsdóttir

Etymology
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Etymology
From the, from.

Proper noun

 * 1)  The leader of the Argonauts, who retrieved the Golden Fleece from king Aeetes of Colchis, for his uncle Pelias.