Jock (given name) explained
Jock is a Scottish diminutive form of the forename "John"; It is also a nickname 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 "sweaty" is used, deriving from "Sweaty sock - Jock".
The name may refer to:
Art and entertainment
- Jock Bartley, American rock guitarist
- Jock Gaynor (1929–1998), American actor, producer, and writer
- Jock Macdonald (1897–1960), Scottish-born Canadian painter
- Jock McFadyen (born 1950), British painter
- Jock Mahoney (1919–1989), American actor and stuntman
- George Jock Purdon (1925–1998), British poet and songwriter
- Jock Soto (born c. 1965), American former ballet dancer and current instructor
- Jock Sturges (born 1947), American photographer
Crime, punishment and policing
Military
- John Jock Campbell (British Army officer) (1894–1942), British Army officer and recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Joseph Jock Cunningham (1902–1969), British lieutenant colonel in the Spanish Civil War
- Major C.J.D Jock Haswell, (born 1919) British military and intelligence author and former British intelligence officer
- John Jock Lewes (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 (1930–1990), British politician
- John Jock Colville (1915–1987), British civil servant
- John Jock Ferguson (1946–2010), Scottish-born Australian politician
- James Jock Haston (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 (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 (1926–2021), Scottish retired footballer
- Jock Archibald (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 (1932–2004), New Zealand rugby league footballer
- William Jock Callander (born 1961), Canadian ice hockey player
- Horace Jock Cameron (1905–1935), South African cricketer
- John Jock Cameron (footballer), 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, 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 (born 1955), 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) (1871–1930), Scottish footballer
- John Jock Henderson (footballer, born 1895) (1895–1957), Scottish footballer
- John Henebry (1918–2007), United States Air Force major general
- Michael James Jock Hobbs (1960–2012), New Zealand rugby union player and All Blacks captain
- Jock Hutcheson, Scottish professional footballer in the 1870s and '80s
- Jack Jock Hutchison (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 (born 1928), former Australian rules footballer
- Leonard Jock Livingston (1920–1998), Australian cricketer
- Jock McAvoy, ring name of British boxer Joseph Patrick Bamford (1908–1971)
- John Jock McCorkell (1918–1987), Australian rules footballer
- Jock McDougall (1901–1973), Scottish footballer
- James Jock McHale (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), 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 (1912–2000), Scottish footballer
- John Jock Shearer (1917–1979), Scottish football player and coach
- John Jock Simpson (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 (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 (1889–1948), American college football player and Hall-of-Fame coach and National Football League coach
- Charles Jock Sutherland (basketball) (born 1928), 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 (born 1943), 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 (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 (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 (born 1947), New Zealand historian, author and encyclopedist
- John Hay Whitney (1904–1982), American businessman, philanthropist and ambassador
- Barry Jock Zonfrillo (1976–2023), Scottish-Australian chef and television presenter
See also
- Joc Pederson (born 1992), American Major League Baseball player
