Why are so many pirates named "Jack"?

[Anna Iram]

Well...there's always Jackin...the diminutive form of Jack. But then who wants to confess to being diminutive!!? 

[tiberiusflynn]

Honestly, though I love the movies, I wish Jack Sparrow wasn't named, Jack.

As someone that IS called Jack in his everyday life, drinks rum, and rides in a motorcycle group titled, "Pirates of Texas".....AND plays a pirate at Ren Faire....I get called Capt. Jack and "Jack Sparrow" by many.....

[Capt Lucy]

On the same type of note...why do all the people who make new pirate persona suddenly Captains???    lol.  That's been a beef of mine for as long as I can remember!  Yes I know I am one, but I have been one since before POTC and the great Pirate Explosion.  Not a huge deal, I just find it funny.  There are a lot of cool positions on a pirate ship!

[Captain Jack Wolfe]

The answer is very simple in my case.  I hate taking orders.  As Milton wrote; "It is better to reign in Hell than to serve in Heaven." 

[tiberiusflynn]

The answer is very simple in my case.  I hate taking orders.  As Milton wrote; "It is better to reign in Hell than to serve in Heaven." 

Ah, great quote...used in Jack London's "The Sea Wolf" also....

[Capt Lucy]

The answer is very simple in my case.  I hate taking orders.  As Milton wrote; "It is better to reign in Hell than to serve in Heaven." 

Hahaha... yeah, don't we all.   

[Obadiah Jib]

I'm a first mate/ Quarter Master.

I picked the role.  Most people just assume I'm the Captain because I'm such a sharp dresser.  The Captain hates that!

[Welsh Wench]

I'm a first mate/ Quarter Master.

I picked the role.  Most people just assume I'm the Captain because I'm such a sharp dresser.  The Captain hates that!

It's all in the jaunty tilt of your hat, and feathers, feathers, and FEATHERS!

'They come running just as fast as they can....really go crazy 'bout a sharp-dressed man!'

Or first mate/quartermaster.

[Lord Figaro]

I though it was just easier to spell, and looked better on the crew roster than X? Go figure.

[Captain Jack Wolfe]

I thought "X" was the universal alternate spelling of "Jack".  Especially when one has a hook arm. 

[Lord Figaro]

HUH, that makes more sense than Xavier, when ya think about it that way.