Jay (first name)
Jay is an English male given name , which occurs particularly in the USA, but can also be an Indian male first name.
Origin and meaning
Jay can be the English short form of Jason or it can be derived from the English word jay (name of the jay ). In addition, Jay and the English short form of Jacob ; for its origin and meaning see here .
As an Indian first name, Jay is derived from the Sanskrit word जय (jaya) meaning "victory".
Name bearer
- Jay Abel Hubbell (* 1829 † 1900), American politician
- Jay Adams (* 1961 † 2014), American professional skateboarder and member of the original Z-Boys
- Jay Ajayi (* 1993), British-Nigerian American football player
- Jay Alexander (* 1971), German opera singer
- Jay Ali (* 1982), British actor
- Jay Asher (* 1975), American writer
- Jay Ashley (* 1971), American porn actor and director of porn films
- Jay Anderson (* 1955), American modern jazz double bass player
- Jay Baruchel (* 1982), Canadian film actor, filmmaker and musician
- Jay Beatty (* 2003), internationally known Northern Irish fan of the Scottish football club Celtic Glasgow
- Jay Benedict (* 1951 † 2020), American actor and voice actor
- Jay Berger (* 1966), former American tennis player
- Jay Berliner (* 1940), American guitarist
- Jay Berwanger (* 1914 † 2002), American football player and coach
- Jay Bouwmeester (born 1983), Canadian ice hockey player
- Jay Bothroyd (* 1982), English soccer player
- Jay Brannan (* 1982), American singer-songwriter and actor
- Jay Bromley (born 1992), American football player
- Jay Chevalier (* 1936 † 2019), American rockabilly musician
- Jay Chou (* 1979), Taiwanese musician, composer and actor
- Jay Corre (* 1924 † 2014), American jazz musician
- Jay Cutler (* 1973), American professional bodybuilder
- Jay Cutler (born 1983), American football player
- Jay Firestone (born 1956), Canadian film producer
- Jay Wright Forrester (* 1918 † 2016), American computer pioneer
- Jay Gould (* 1836 † 1892), American investor and entrepreneur
- Tariq Jay Khan (* 1982), German-British singer, member of the pop group US5
- Jay Kay (* 1969), British musician
- Jay Leno (born 1950), American comedian and television presenter
- Jay Lorsch (* 1932), American economist and university professor
- Jay Miner (* 1932 † 1994), American computer pioneer
- Jay Rattman (* 1987), American jazz musician
- Jay Rodriguez (* 1989), English soccer player
- Jay Webber Seaver (* 1855 † 1915), American physician and pioneer of anthropometry
- Jay Wiseman (born 1949), American author, publisher and BDSM activist
- Jay Park (* 1987), South Korean singer / rapper