Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-26397825-20161217142921/@comment-14909251-20161218190406

SpiritedDreaming wrote: ...Gel means frost, yes, but  gelée specifically means jelly. As in the dessert treat. Not frost.

It's pronounced the same, but that's like saying bear and bare are the same thing. One is an animal. The other means naked. They're still pronounced the same, but have completely different meanings.

Also, I would like to point out that Jacques is not the French form of Jack, but is instead the French form of Jacob which is derived from James and means 'supplanter'. Jack is a diminutive of John.

There's a lot more ice themed people than just Jack Frost, you know. In fact, have an entire list of ice-themed characters. I'm pretty much just saying that the name doesn't even allude to Jack Frost properly. And since gelee means dessert jelly, and Jacques is derived from Jacob meaning 'supplanter' (even if it does sound similar to Jack), and  all you have to tie the Jack Frost allusion is  a snowflake in his personal symbol...and  there's a lot of characters with snowflakes that he could allude to. Looking around, it does seem to mean frost as well. It may be that the term commonly refers to jelly nowadays, but used to be a more common term for frost. Obviously, Jaques does not mean Jack, but if his original surname meant frost than it is probably intended to be an allusion since Jaques and Jack sound similar.