Gender Masculine & Feminine
Pronounced Pron. /ˈd͡ʒeɪ/  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Variant of Jay 1.

Related Names

VariantsJace, Jai, Jase, Jay, Jayce, Jaye, Jem, Jemmy, Jim
Other Languages & CulturesIason(Ancient Greek) Yacoub, Yakub, Yaqoob, Yaqub(Arabic) Hagop, Hakob(Armenian) Jakes(Basque) Yakau(Belarusian) Jacob, James, Jason(Biblical) Iakob, Iakobos, Iason(Biblical Greek) Ya'aqov(Biblical Hebrew) Iacob, Iacobus, Iason(Biblical Latin) Zhaklina(Bulgarian) Jaume, Jaumet(Catalan) Jago(Cornish) Jakov, Žaklina(Croatian) Jakub(Czech) Jacob, Jakob, Ib, Jeppe(Danish) Jacob, Jacoba, Jacobus, Jacomina, Jakob, Sjaak, Cobus, Coos, Jaap, Jacobina, Jacobine, Kobus, Koos(Dutch) Jaagup, Jaak, Jaakob(Estonian) Jákup(Faroese) Jaakko, Jaakob, Jaakoppi, Jimi(Finnish) Jacqueline, Jacques, Jason, Jacky(French) Iago, Xacobe, Xaime(Galician) Iakob, Iason(Georgian) Jakob, Jockel(German) Iakovos, Iason(Greek) Iason, Jason(Greek Mythology) Yaƙubu(Hausa) Iakopa, Kimo(Hawaiian) Yaakov, Yakov, Akiba, Akiva(Hebrew) Jakab(Hungarian) Jakob(Icelandic) Séamus, Shamus, Sheamus, Séamas(Irish) Giacoma, Giacomina, Giacomo, Iacopo, Jacopo, Lapo(Italian) Jacob(Jewish) Iacomus, Jacobus(Late Roman) Jēkabs(Latvian) Jaques(Literature) Jokūbas(Lithuanian) Jakov, Žaklina, Zhaklina(Macedonian) Hemi(Maori) Jacob, Jacobine, Jakob(Norwegian) Jakub, Kuba(Polish) Iago, Jaime(Portuguese) Jaqueline(Portuguese (Brazilian)) Iacob(Romanian) Yakov(Russian) Hamish, Jamesina, Jamie(Scottish) Seumas(Scottish Gaelic) Jakov, Žaklina(Serbian) Jakub(Slovak) Jakob, Jaka, Jaša(Slovene) Jacobo, Jaime, Yago(Spanish) Jacob, Jakob(Swedish) Yakup(Turkish) Yakiv(Ukrainian) Iago(Welsh) Yacouba(Western African)
Same SpellingJae 1

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Entry updated January 22, 2019