Which Jack Is The Union Jack Named After?

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[NameExplain]

What other flags have interesting names?

[peteg]

Maybe "Jack" was used on board ship because "jack' was also a nickname for a sailor, if I remember rightly. Weren't sailors called "Jack Tars"?

[peteg]

It's weird because "Jack' is commonly a nickname for "John", but the similar "Jake" is short for "Jacob". The weird part is "Jacob" is used as a synonym for "James", not "John". As in, the Time of King James I was the "Jacobean" period. Therefore the later Scots who wanted to restore the Stuarts were "Jacobites."

[francesconicoletti]

I think Her Majesty is on to something. Jack is not only used for Jacket as a military item of clothing but also jack boot. If the flag started out as a battle standard and jack was a shorthand for a military specific items, the 17th century cool way of referring to a flag used in battle could be a jack.

[brianriley]

South Sandwich Mmm....

I shouldn't be watching before lunch....

[manchest_hair_united]

"oi, mate, pass the liquor, it's Jack the ripper, Jack the rapper "

[bullwhipjohnson]

The most iconic British uniform item is the Red Coat. So there your Majesty.

[allanlank]

My great grandfather was very upset in 1965, when the Red Ensign, the flag with the Union Jack in the corner, was replace with the Maple Leaf.

[nicholasbusic]

I always thought Jack came from the biblical name Jacob.

[aRandom_dog]

Never wondered that and it's an interesting vid!

[manchest_hair_united]

United Kingdom :*exists *

Scotland :" I'm about to end this country's whole career "

Ireland :"um, we kinda already did that"

[jackjenner]

I love flags and name explain videos, so this is brilliant. And the craziest thing is that my name in Maori, 'Haki', also means flag - IN MAORI, that's crazy

[Mike-kcew]

All this talk of Jack, and not one mention of Jill. :P

[TomDog]

The Union Jack is also in the Canadian provincial flags of Ontario, Manitoba, and British Columbia.

[Danielagostinho]

"stop living in the past" someone got burned

[DylanSargesson]

You missed Hawaii, British Columbia, and the States of Australia on your list of places with Union Jacks on their flags.

[RealLifeWrld]

I don't know if Her Majesty is stretching the meaning of Jack but it's for sure that she has a great sense of humour 😂😂
*God Save the Queen*

[doggo]

I feel that in the US and places that have more American influence than British influence, calling it the Union Flag might lead to it being confused with the American flag as the U.S. is commonly referred fo as the Union.

[greamespens]

I heard that King James VI/I spelt his name Jacques and the non french speakers pronounced it Jack.

[geo]

You've said Jack so many times the word has lost all meaning to me