Jernigan

Part of speech: noun, verb

Definitions

1. A family name of English origin, borne by people with ancestral ties to the Jernigan lineage in the American South
2. A surname of English origin that belongs to a family line traced through various regions of the southern United States
3. An English-derived family name carried by individuals descended from early settlers bearing this distinctive surname

Etymology: Jernigan is a surname, and it is most common in the American South, where it has been borne by many families for generations. As a proper noun it is not a dictionary word with a settled linguistic history, and the records available here do not establish where the name first arose or what it originally meant. Any account of its derivation would be guesswork.