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diminutive A diminutive is a word obtained by modifying a root word to convey a slighter degree of its root meaning, either to convey the smallness of the object or quality named, or to convey a sense of intimacy or endearment, and sometimes to belittle s ...

form of the forename "

John John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second E ...

"; It is also a

nickname A nickname, in some circumstances also known as a sobriquet, or informally a "moniker", is an informal substitute for the proper name of a person, place, or thing, used to express affection, playfulness, contempt, or a particular character trait ...

for someone of Scottish origin, as well as being the collective name for Scottish soldiers, collectively known as "the Jocks". It corresponds to Jack in England and Wales. In London the

rhyming slang Rhyming slang is a form of slang word construction in the English language. It is especially prevalent among Cockneys in England, and was first used in the early 19th century in the East End of London; hence its alternative name, Cockney rhymin ...

"sweaty" is used, deriving from "Sweaty sock - Jock". The name may refer to:

Art and entertainment

Jock Bartley Firefall is an American soft rock band that formed in Boulder, Colorado, in 1974. It was founded by Rick Roberts, former member of the Flying Burrito Brothers, and Jock Bartley, who had been Tommy Bolin's replacement in Zephyr. Other members ...

, American rock guitarist *

Jock Gaynor Jock William Gaynor (September 14, 1929 – April 2, 1998) was an American television actor and producer. He was known for playing the role of Deputy Marshal Heck Martin in the first season of the American western television series ''Outlaws''. ...

(1929–1998), American actor, producer, and writer * Jock Macdonald (1897–1960), Scottish-born Canadian painter * Jock McFadyen (born 1950), British painter *

Jock Mahoney Jacques Joseph O'Mahoney (February 7, 1919 – December 14, 1989), known professionally as Jock Mahoney, was an American actor and stuntman. He starred in two Action/Adventure television series, '' The Range Rider'' and '' Yancy Derringer''. H ...

(1919–1989), American actor and stuntman * George

Jock Purdon George "Jock" Purdon (16 November 1925 – 1998) was a British poet and songwriter. Born in Nitshill near Glasgow, a former coal mining village whose mine had closed before Purdon grew up, by a strange twist of fate Jock Purdon spent most of h ...

(1925–1998), British poet and songwriter * Jock Reynolds (born 1947), American museum administrator and visual artist * Jock Soto (born c. 1965), American former ballet dancer and current instructor *

Jock Sturges John Sturges (; born 1947), known as Jock Sturges, is an American photographer, best known for his images of nudist colony residents, particularly prepubescent children and early adolescents with their parents in Gascogne France and Northern ...

(born 1947), American photographer

Crime, punishment and policing

* Henry John Jock Delves Broughton (1883–1942), British aristocrat acquitted of murder * Robert Leslie Stewart (1918–1989), Scottish hangman * John Jock Wilson (police officer) (1922–1993), British police officer * Joseph Yablonski (1910–1969), American murdered labor leader *

Jock Young Jock Young (4 March 1942 – 16 November 2013) was a British sociologist and an influential criminologist. Biography Jock Young was educated at the London School of Economics. His PhD was an ethnography of drug use in Notting Hill, West L ...

(1942–2013), British sociologist and criminologist

Military

* John Jock Campbell (British Army officer) (1894–1942), British Army officer and recipient of the Victoria Cross * Joseph

Jock Cunningham Joseph Wallace "Jock" Cunningham (20 December 1902 – 22 February 1969) was a British volunteer in the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War. He became a battalion and brigade commander and rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel.' ...

(1902–1969), British lieutenant colonel in the Spanish Civil War * Major C.J.D Jock Haswell, (1919–2018) British military and intelligence author and former British intelligence officer * John

Jock Lewes Lieutenant John Steel "Jock" Lewes (21 December 1913 – 30 December 1941) was a British Army officer prominent during the Second World War. He was the founding principal training officer of the Special Air Service.''Army News'' ustralia 11 Janu ...

(1913–1941), British Army lieutenant, inventor of the Lewes bomb and founding principal training officer of the Special Air Service * John Jock Slater (born 1938), retired Royal Navy admiral, First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff * Graham Jock Stirrup (born 1949), retired Royal Air Force marshal * John Jock Wilson (British Army soldier) (1903–2008), British serviceman and oldest D-Day veteran

Politics and diplomacy

* John

Jock Bruce-Gardyne John Bruce-Gardyne, Baron Bruce-Gardyne (12 April 1930 – 15 April 1990), was a British Conservative Party politician. Son of Captain Evan Bruce-Gardyne, DSO, RN, 13th Laird of Middleton, and a member of a Scottish landholding family who hav ...

(1930–1990), British politician * John

Jock Colville Sir John Rupert Colville, CB, CVO (28 January 1915 – 19 November 1987) was a British civil servant. He is best known for his diaries, which provide an intimate view of number 10 Downing Street during the wartime Premiership of Winston Church ...

(1915–1987), British civil servant * John Jock Ferguson (1946–2010), Scottish-born Australian politician * James

Jock Haston James "Jock" Ritchie Haston (1913–1986) was a Trotskyist politician and General Secretary of the Revolutionary Communist Party in Great Britain. Early years Haston was born in Edinburgh and went to sea in the merchant navy where he became a m ...

(1913–1986), British Trotskyist politician * Frederick James Jock Granter (1921–2012), Australian politician * John R. McKernan Jr. (born 1948), American politician, twice governor of Maine * John Jock Mathison (1901–1982), New Zealand politician and cabinet minister * John

Jock Nelson John Norman Nelson (28 May 1908 – 20 June 1991) was an Australian politician. Born in Bundaberg, Queensland, he was the son of politician Harold Nelson. Jock Nelson was educated at state schools in Darwin before becoming a jackeroo and ...

(1908–1991), Australian politician * John Jock Taylor (diplomat) (1924–2002), British diplomat and ambassador to several countries * Arthur Jock Tiffin (1896–1955), British union and Labour Party official * William Jock Alves (c. 1909–1979), Rhodesian physician and politician

Sports

Jock Aird John Rae Aird (18 December 1926 – 14 June 2021) was a footballer who played for both the Scotland and New Zealand national sides. Life and career Born in Glencraig, Fife, Aird started his professional career with Burnley, whom he joined fr ...

(1926–2021), Scottish retired footballer *

Jock Archibald John Archibald (25 August 1895 – 1967) was a Scottish professional football goalkeeper who played in the Football League for Darlington, Grimsby Town and Newcastle United. He also played in the Scottish League for St Bernard's, Albion Rovers ...

(1895–1967), Scottish footballer * John Jock Blackwood (1899–c. 1979), Australian rugby union player * Jacques "Jock" Boyer (born 1955), American former cyclist, first American to compete in the Tour de France * John

Jock Butterfield John Rutherford "Jock" Butterfield (18 January 1932 – 14 February 2004) was a New Zealand rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. He was named amongst the finest that New Zealand produced during the 20th century. A New Zeala ...

(1932–2004), New Zealand rugby league footballer * William

Jock Callander William Darren "Jock" Callander (born April 23, 1961) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player, and current front office executive, part-time assistant coach, and TV analyst for the Cleveland Monsters of the American Hockey League. Care ...

(born 1961), Canadian ice hockey player * Horace

Jock Cameron Jock Cameron (born Horace Brakenridge Cameron and often known as "Herbie" Cameron; 5 July 1905 – 2 November 1935) was a South African cricketer of the 1920s and 1930s. A tragic figure owing to his premature death when probably the best wick ...

(1905–1935), South African cricketer * John

Jock Cameron (footballer) John Bell Cameron (16 February 1879 – 5 July 1950) was a Scottish international football player and manager. He played for St Mirren before joining Blackburn Rovers in 1904. He spent three years at the club before signing for First Division ...

, Scottish football player and managers in the 1900s and 1910s * James Jock Campbell (footballer) (1922–1983), Scottish footballer * Jock Carter (1910–1992), English footballer * Jock Climie, Canadian sportscaster and retired Canadian Football League player * John Jock Collier (1897–1940), Scottish footballer and manager * James Jock Cordner (1910–1996), Australian rules footballer *

Jock Cumberford Jock Terence Cumberford was an Australian association football player. Playing career International career Cumberford played three matches for Australia, all in 1922. He played in Australia's first three full international matches, all against ...

, footballer who played in Australia's first three full international matches in 1922 * John Jock Davie (1913–1994), Scottish footballer * Ephraim Jock Dodds (1915–2007), Scottish footballer * Jock Doherty (1894–1957), Australian rules footballer * John Jock Drummond (1870–1935), Scottish footballer * Jock Edward, Scottish footballer in the 1920s * Graham Jock Edwards (1955–2020), New Zealand former cricketer * John Jock Espie (1868-?), Scottish footballer * John Jock Ewart (1891–1943), Scottish football goalkeeper * Jack Jock Ferguson (1887–1973), Scottish-born American soccer player * Jock Govan (1923–1999), Scottish footballer * John Jock Grieve (1887–1955), Scottish footballer * John Jock Hamilton (1869–1931), Scottish footballer * Connor Jock Hanvey (1882–1935), American college football player and coach * John

Jock Henderson (footballer, born 1871) John Neil Henderson (1871 – 30 August 1930) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish Football League for Celtic and in the Football League in England for Lincoln City, Leicester Fosse and Small Heath. Biography Hend ...

(1871–1930), Scottish footballer * John

Jock Henderson (footballer, born 1895) John Henderson (1895 – 1957) was a Scottish professional footballer. He played for Manchester City, Southend United, Gillingham and Dunfermline Athletic shortly after the First World War. He was born and died in Kelty Kelty (Scottish ...

(1895–1957), Scottish footballer * John Henebry (1918–2007), United States Air Force major general * Michael James

Jock Hobbs Michael James Bowie Hobbs (15 February 1960 – 13 March 2012), known as Jock Hobbs, was a New Zealand rugby union player and administrator. A flanker, he played for Canterbury and won 21 caps for the New Zealand national team, the All ...

(1960–2012), New Zealand rugby union player and All Blacks captain * Jock Hutcheson, Scottish professional footballer in the 1870s and '80s * Jack

Jock Hutchison Jack Falls "Jock" Hutchison (June 6, 1884 – September 27, 1977) was a Scottish-born professional golfer who was based in the United States. Early life Hutchison was born in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, the son of William and Helen (née Fa ...

(1884–1977), Scottish-American golfer * John Jock Hutton (1898–1970), Scottish footballer * John Jock Kirton (1916–1996), Scottish footballer * Jock Landale (born 1995), Australian basketball player * John Jock Leckie (1906–1977), Scottish football goalkeeper * Jock Lineen (1928–2022), former Australian rules footballer * Leonard

Jock Livingston Leonard "Jock" Livingston (3 May 1920 – 16 January 1998) was an Australian cricketer who played most of his first-class cricket in England. Cricket career Livingston was a hard-hitting left-handed batsman and an occasional wicketkeeper. He pl ...

(1920–1998), Australian cricketer *

Jock McAvoy Joseph Patrick Bamford (20 November 1908 – 20 November 1971), better known by his ring name Jock McAvoy, was a British boxer who fought from 1927 to 1945. He held the British Empire Middleweight Championship from 1933 to 1939, and took th ...

, ring name of British boxer Joseph Patrick Bamford (1908–1971) * John

Jock McCorkell John Francis McCorkell (2 July 1918 – 29 March 1987) was an Australian rules footballer who played with the North Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League, (VFL). Early life McCorkell was born in Sale, Victoria to parents Fr ...

(1918–1987), Australian rules footballer * Jock McDougall (1901–1973), Scottish footballer * James

Jock McHale James Francis "Jock" McHale (12 December 1882 – 4 October 1953) was an Australian rules football player and coach for the Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League in a marathon career that extended from 1903 to 1949. He is t ...

(1882–1953), Australian rules football player and coach * Jock McKenzie (Australian footballer) (1911–1989), Australian rules footballer * Richard John Jock McKenzie (rugby union, born 1892) (1892–1968), New Zealand rugby union footballer * John Jock McNab (1894–1949), Scottish footballer * John Jock Menefee (1868–1953), American Major League Baseball pitcher * Ambrose Jock Mulraney (1916–2001), Scottish footballer * John Jock Newall (1917–2004), New Zealand footballer * Jock O'Brien (footballer, born 1909) (1909–1985), Australian rules footballer * Jock O'Brien (footballer, born 1937) (1937–2022), Australian rules footballer * John Jock Paterson (1926–2000), English footballer * John Jock Porter (1894–1952), Scottish motorcycle racer * James Jock Robertson (1898–1970), English footballer * John Jock Robson (1899–1995), Scottish football goalkeeper * John Jock Rutherford (1884–1963), English footballer * Jock Sanders (born 1988), American football player in the Canadian Football League * John Jock Scott (footballer) (1906–1981), Scottish footballer * John Jock Semple (1903–1988), Boston Marathon official *

Jock Shaw John Shaw (29 November 1912 – 13 June 2000) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a defender, most famous for his time at Rangers, where he was captain between 1938 and 1950. Career Rangers signed Shaw, known as 'Tiger' for hi ...

(1912–2000), Scottish footballer * John

Jock Shearer John McMillan Shearer (8 July 1917 – 3 April 1979) was a Scottish professional football player and coach. Career After serving with the British Army during World War Two, Shearer signed a professional contract with Derby County in 1946. He le ...

(1917–1979), Scottish football player and coach * John

Jock Simpson John Robert Simpson (25 December 1885 – 4 January 1959) was a footballer who played as an outside right in the 1900s and 1910s. Club career Simpson's footballing career began with Laurieston Villa, and after a trial with Rangers, he signed ...

(1886–1959), English footballer * John Jock Somerlott (1882–1965), American Major League Baseball player * Thomas Jock Spencer (1928–2003), Australian rules footballer * John

Jock Stein John Stein (5 October 1922 – 10 September 1985) was a Scottish association football, football player and manager (association football), manager. He was the first manager of a club from a Northern European country to win the European Champio ...

(1922–1985), Scottish football player and manager * William Stewart (cyclist) (1883–1950), British Olympic cyclist * Alexander Jock Sturrock (1915–1997), Australian yachtsman * John

Jock Sutherland John Bain Sutherland (March 21, 1889 – April 11, 1948) was an American football player and coach. He coached college football at Lafayette College (1919–1923) and the University of Pittsburgh (1924–1938) and professional football for the ...

(1889–1948), American college football player and Hall-of-Fame coach and National Football League coach * Charles Jock Sutherland (basketball) (1928–2023), American basketball coach * John Jock Taylor (1954–1982), Scottish motorcycle sidecar racer * John Jock Taylor (footballer, born 1886) (1886–1916), Scottish footballer * John Jock Taylor (footballer, born 1909) (1909–1964), Scottish footballer * John Jock Thomson (1906–1979), Scottish football player and manager * John Jock Turner (1943–1992), Scottish former rugby union player * John Jock Wadley (1914–1981), English sports journalist * John Jock Wallace, Jr. (1935–1996), Scottish football player and manager, son of Jock Wallace, Sr. * John Jock Wallace, Sr. (1911–1978), Scottish football goalkeeper * John Jock Walker (1882–1968), Scottish footballer (Swindon Town, Middlesbrough, Reading, Scotland) * Jock Waters, Scottish rugby union player in the 1930s * John

Jock West John Milns West, (28 February 1909 – 6 June 2004) was a Grand Prix motorcycle racer from Great Britain. Motorcycle career West was born in Belvedere, Kent to an English father and a Scottish mother. He initially concentrated on grasstrack ...

(1909–2004), British motorcycle racer * John Jock White (1897–1986), Scottish footballer * John Jock Whyte (1921–1998), Scottish footballer * John Jock Wightman (1912–1964), Scottish footballer * Jack Jock Wilson (Scottish footballer) (1870–after 1900) * Jock Young (canoeist), British slalom canoeist, 1981 world champion in the C-2 team event

Other

* Jock R. Anderson (born 1941), Australian agricultural economist * Harold Jock Barnes (1907–2000), New Zealand trade unionist and syndicalist * John Jock Brown (born 1946), Scottish solicitor and freelance football commentator * John Jock Campbell, Baron Campbell of Eskan (1912–1994), British businessman * Jock Carroll (1919–1995), Canadian writer, journalist and photographer * Gerard Davison (c. 1967–2015), a commander of the Provisional IRA from Northern Ireland * Richard

Jock Kinneir Richard "Jock" Kinneir (11 February 1917 – 23 August 1994) was a British typographer and graphic designer who, with his colleague Margaret Calvert, designed many of the road signs used throughout the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies, and ...

(1917–1994), British typographer and graphic designer who, with Margaret Calvert, designed many of the road signs used throughout the United Kingdom * Jock D. Mackinlay (born 1952), American information visualization expert * John Jock McKeen (born 1946), Canadian physician, acupuncturist, author and lecturer * Alan John Jock Marshall (1911–1967), Australian writer, academic and ornithologist * John

Jock Phillips John Oliver Crompton Phillips (born 1947) is a New Zealand historian, author and encyclopedist. He was the general editor of '' Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand'', the official encyclopedia of New Zealand. Career Born and raised in Chri ...

(born 1947), New Zealand historian, author and encyclopedist *

John Hay Whitney John Hay Whitney (August 17, 1904 – February 8, 1982) was an American venture capitalist, sportsman, philanthropist, newspaper publisher, film producer and diplomat who served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, publisher of the '' New ...

(1904–1982), American businessman, philanthropist and ambassador * Barry

Jock Zonfrillo Barry "Jock" Zonfrillo (4 August 1976 – 1 May 2023) was a Scottish chef, television presenter and restaurateur. He was the founder of the Orana Foundation and a judge on ''MasterChef Australia''. Early life Zonfrillo was born in Glasgow, S ...

(1976–2023), Scottish-Australian chef and television presenter

Fictional characters

Jock a character from 1955 Disney film ''

Lady and the Tramp ''Lady and the Tramp'' is a 1955 American Animated film, animated Musical film, musical romantic comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Buena Vista Film Distribution. Based on Ward Greene's 1945 ''Cosmopolitan (magazine) ...

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