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.

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