<html> <head> <title>jQuery Get Tag Name</title> <script type="text/javascript" src="jquery-1.9.1.js"></script> </head> <script type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready(function(){ var $tag = $('p')[0].tagName; //'P' alert($tag); var $tag = $('.classTag1')[0].tagName; //'DIV' alert($tag); var $tag = $('#idTag1')[0].tagName; //'DIV' alert($tag); var $tag = $('p').get(0).tagName; //'P' alert($tag); var $tag = $('.classTag1').get(0).tagName; //'DIV' alert($tag); var $tag = $('#idTag1').get(0).tagName; //'DIV' alert($tag); }); </script> <body> <h1>jQuery Get Tag Name</h1> <p> This is paragrah 1 </p> <div class="classTag1"> This is class='classTag1' </div> <div id="idTag1"> This is id='idTag1' </div> </body> </html>