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Last name origins & meanings:

  1. English (Cornwall and Wales): variant of Jack.
  2. Czech (Jačka), Polish, and German (of Slavic origin): from a pet form (Czech Jač, Polish Jacz) of any of the various Slavic personal names beginning with Ja-, for example Jakub, Jan, Jacenty (see Jacek).