Jay

Latin

"jaybird"

Jay Origin and Meaning

The name Jay is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "jaybird".

While Jay has been long used as a stand-alone boy name, it has more recently been used as one for girls. Otherwise, it has largely been seen as a pet form of any J name, or as a singular middle name.

Popularity of the name Jay

• 1425 Nameberry 2025

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Famous People Named Jay

• Justice Jay "JJ" Ackles daughter of actors Jensen and Danneel Ackles
• Johannah "Jay" Deakin mother of Louis Tomlinson from One Direction
• Mary Joan "Jay" DeFeo American artist associated with the Beat generation
• Jay Newton Small, Washington correspondent for Time Magazine

The name Jay in Pop Culture

• Jaye protagonist of the TV series "Wonderfalls," inspired by the story of Joan of Arc