Jay

Latin

"jaybird"

Jay Origin and Meaning

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

One of the boys' names newly appropriated for girls -- either on its own, as a pet form of any J name, or as a singular middle name.

20 Names Similar to Jay

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• Jay
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• Heron
• Cat
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• Starling
• Canada
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• Dove
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• Oriole
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• Phoenix
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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

Jay in Pop Culture

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