Jade

Jade was given to 12 boys in New Zealand in 2006

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Jade was given to 114 girls in New Zealand in 2006.

Also Finnish: https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Jade

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Also Dutch: https://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nvb/naam/is/Jade

Also Spanish (Modern).

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There are 1,187 female bearers of this name in Spain, and the average age of the bearers is 9 (source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística).

Jade is also Finnish, used for both genders in Finland. The name day for Jade in Finland is July 9.

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Finnish Pronunciation: YA-deh.

Also Finnish feminine name. Finnish name day July 9.
https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jade_(nimi)
https://almanakka.helsinki.fi/en/name-days/name-day-search.html

In 2018, 8 is the most common age for an American (U.S.) Jade who is registered female with the Social Security Administration. It is the 724th most common female first name for living U.S. citizens.

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In 2018, 16 is the most common age for an American (U.S.) Jade who is registered male with the Social Security Administration. It is the 3, 147th most common male first name for living U.S. citizens.

The name Jade was given to 46 boys born in the US in 2015.

Gemstone names are usually feminine. It sounds pretty, flowery, beautiful.

I have a male cousin named Jade, and he isn't the first man I've know with this name. Is this also used as a boy's name? Where did the male usage originate?

This name is also used in France. It is pronounced j-AD.

If you look at the stats, you will see that Jade has dropped suddenly out of use in the UK in the past couple of years. This is certainly due to the ghastly non-celeb Jade Goody.