Where does “Jayson” come from?

Jayson is an English variant spelling of Jason, from Ancient Greek ἰάομαι (iáomai), meaning to heal.

Ancestry of “Jayson”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishJasonThe leader of the Argonauts, who retrieved the Golden Fleece from king Aeetes of Colchis, for his uncle Pelias
2EnglishJamesThe twentieth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the general epistle of James
3Middle EnglishJamesJames the Greater or James the Less apostles
4Old Frenchjamésever; never
5Latiniamalready; now; anymore
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanHyā́m
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hyā́mEvery word from Latin iamEvery word from Old French jamés