Greek · Boy name
Jason
“healer”
About the name Jason
Jason comes from the Greek Iason, derived from iaomai, meaning to heal, and so is read as healer. In Greek mythology, Jason is the leader of the Argonauts, who sails on the ship Argo to Colchis to win the Golden Fleece with the help of the sorceress Medea; their later story is the subject of Euripides’s tragedy Medea. In the New Testament, a man named Jason gives shelter to Paul and Silas in Thessalonica, which led to some early Christian use. The name is also found among Jewish leaders of the Hellenistic period as a Greek equivalent of Joshua. Iason is the modern Greek form.
- Meaning
- healer
- Origin
- Greek
- Gender
- Boy
- Pronunciation
- JAY-sun(2 syl.)
Middle names for Jason
- Jason James
- Jason Alexander
- Jason Thomas
- Jason Michael
- Jason Lee
Questions about Jason
- What does Jason mean?
- Jason is a Greek name meaning "healer".
- How do you pronounce Jason?
- Jason is pronounced JAY-sun, with emphasis on the first syllable.
- What are variants of Jason?
- Variants of Jason include Iason, Jayson, Jaison, Jase.
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