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The girl's name Jay \

, also used as boy's name Jay, is of Latin origin, and its meaning is "blue crested bird". Also a medieval name possibly from Gaius (Latin) "happy"; also pet form of names beginning with J- (see also Dee and Kay). In Hindi, it is derived from Sanskrit, meaning "victory". The name has been inspired by John Jay, a great American jurist. The name is also used in combination with other names. Gymnast Jaycie Phelps.

Jay has 13 variant forms: Jae, Jalin, Jaline, Jaya, Jaycie, Jaye, Jayla, Jaylah, Jaylan, Jaylene, Jeh, Jey and Jeyla.

Baby names that sound like Jay are Ja- and Joy.

Jay is a somewhat common first name for women (#2126 out of 4276) and an even more common last name for both men and women (#3741 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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