Yola

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle English Jackin, Jankin, a popular pet form of Jone.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒɔˈkiːn/, /d͡ʒaˈkiːn/

Proper noun

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Jockeen

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Jack

References

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 48