Jett

Jett is named for the black fossilized wood polished by Victorians into mourning jewelry, and for the pure speed of flight. The word arrives from the Greek gagates, by way of the French jaiet, and landed on American baby charts largely via Joan Jett and, later, celebrity children with an appetite for the high-octane. It now sits comfortably in the U.S. top 160s for boys. One short syllable, a hard opening j, a double-t that lands like a door closing. Fast, sleek, slightly rock-and-roll. Jett is a name with the accelerator already pressed down.