Jay name - Meaning of Jay
- Gender
- Masculine
- Lucky Number
- 9
- Usage
- English
- Pronounced
- JAY
- Jay Meaning
- Short form of names beginning with the sound J, such as James or Jason. It was originally used in America in honour of founding father John Jay (1749-1825), whose surname was derived from the jaybird. Jay is used as a diminutive of names starting with J, mostly the name James. James is ultimately derived from Jacob. Jacob is derived from the Hebrew name "Yaakov", which means "following after". This is derived from the Hebrew words "Yahweh", which means "God", and "aqeb", which means "heel". In the Bible, Jacob was born after Esau, holding after Esau"s heel.
Jay Related Names
Variants: Jace, Jamey, Jayce, Jem, Jim, Jae, Jaye
Diminutives: Jemmy, Jimi, Jimmie, Jimmy
Feminine Forms: Jaye, Jayla, Jaylen, Jaylene, Jaylin, Jaylyn
Other Languages: Iason (Ancient Greek), Yakub, Yaqub (Arabic), Hagop, Hakob (Armenian), Jakes (Basque), Jacob, James, Jason (Biblical), Iakobos, Iason (Biblical Greek), Yaakov (Biblical Hebrew), Iacobus, Iason (Biblical Latin), Yakov (Bulgarian), Jaume, Jaumet (Catalan), Jago (Cornish), Jakov, Jakob, Jakša (Croatian), Jakub (Czech), Jacob, Jakob, Ib, Jeppe (Danish), Jacob, Jacobus, Jakob, Cobus, Coos, Jaap, Kobe, Kobus, Koos, Sjaak, Sjakie (Dutch), Jaagup, Jakob, Jaak, Jaakob (Estonian), Jaakko, Jaakoppi (Finnish), Jacques, Jason (French), Iago (Galician), Iakob, Koba (Georgian), Jakob (German), Iason (Greek), Iason, Jason (Greek Mythology), Iakopa, Kimo (Hawaiian), Yaakov, Yakov, Akiba, Akiva (Hebrew), Jakab, Jákob (Hungarian), Séamus, Shamus, Sheamus, Séamas (Irish), Giacobbe, Giacomo, Jacopo, Iacopo, Lapo (Italian), Iacomus, Jacobus (Late Roman), Jokūbas (Lithuanian), Jakov (Macedonian), Hemi (Maori), Jacob, Jakob (Norwegian), Jakub, Kuba (Polish), Jaime, Iago, Jacó (Portuguese), Yakov, Yasha (Russian), Seumas, Jamie (Scottish), Jakov (Serbian), Jakub (Slovak), Jakob, Jaka, Jaša (Slovene), Jacobo, Jaime, Yago (Spanish), Jacob, Jakob (Swedish), Yakup (Turkish), Yakiv (Ukrainian), Iago (Welsh), Kapel, Koppel, Yankel (Yiddish)
Jay Celebrities
Jay Leno - talk show host, Jay Williams - basketball player, Jay Baruchel - actor, Jay Black - musician, Jay Carty - basketball player, Jay Clayton - jazz artist, Jay Dickey - politician, Jay Edwards - basketball player,
