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The boy's and girl's name Jay \jay\ is pronounced jay. It is of Latin origin, and its meaning is "jaybird". Bird name: a blue songbird. Also possibly from the Latin name Gaius, meaning "happy". May also be from use as a nickname for names beginning with J-, such as in short form of names like Jason and Jacob. Jay and Jai are also Sanskrit names meaning "victory". Mythology: Jay is the name of various deities in Hindu classical writings. Use may have been inspired by the first Chief of the US Supreme Court, John Jay. Financier Jay Gould; comedian Jay Leno; author Jay McInerney; actors Jaye Davidson, Jay Mohr.

Jay has 6 variant forms: Jae, Jai, Jaye, Jayron, Jayronn and Jeh.

For more information, see also related names Jadrian and Jaylen.

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

Jay is a very popular male first name and a very popular surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the boy's name Jay. Click here to compare Jay with related baby names.

United States Top 1000 rankings for: Jay
Canada (BC), England and Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Sweden, Australia (NSW) Top 100 rankings for: Jay

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