Meaning of name Jay

The name Jay has the following meaning:

It is a male name, suitable for baby boys.

As a baby boy name, Jay is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 336 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Jay fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 20 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 414 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Jay in the USA, over the past 100 years.

The name Jay is very likely a(n) Hebrew variant of the name Jacob. See other suggested Hebrew boy baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Jacob.

The following names are baby names related to Jay and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Jay: Boys - Enos, Isaac, Uriel, Girls - Carmel, Elta, Mozelle, Rebecca, Zella, Both genders - Anna, Ariel, Betty, Dagan, Dagen, Dalit

The name Jay is a variant of Jacob. Other popular variants of the name Jacob are: Cob, Cobb, Cobby, Coby (Dutch), Giacamo, Giacobo, Giacomo, Giacopo, Hamish, Iacopo, Iacovo, Iago, Iakob, Iakobos, Iakov, Jachym, Jacko, Jaco (Hebrew), Jacobe, Jacobey, Jacobi, Jacobie, Jacobo, Jacobs, Jacobus, Jacoby, Jacques, Jacquet, Jago, Jaime, Jake, Jakie, Jakob (Slovene), Jakobe, Jakobs, Jakov, Jakub, James, Jamesie, Jamey, Jamie, Jamsey, Jay, Jaycob, Jaykob, Jayme, Jim, Jimmie, Seamus, Shamus, Yakov

We think the name Jay should fall under the following style category: Biblical.

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Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Jay to be: Creative, intelligent and unconventional chap

In one word, you might describe Jay as a(n) "creative" person.

See other "creative" names for boys.