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Jay (given name)

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Gender
  
Unisex

Related names
  
Jason, Jamie, Jaylin

Meaning
  
nickname for several names beginning with the letter J "jaybird" in English "win", "victory" in Sanskrit

Jay is a common given name and nickname. It may be a nickname for James, Javonne, Jamie, Jacob, Jared, Joaquin, Javad, Jeremy, Jeffrey, John, Jonathan, Joseph, Jason, Jordan, Justin, etc. In Hindu-influenced cultures, Jay or Jai is a common first name derived from the Sanskrit for "win" or "victory."

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Sports

  • Jay Adams (born 1961), American skateboarder
  • Jay Beagle (born 1985), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Jay Berger (born 1966), American tennis player, highest world ranking # 7
  • Jay Bothroyd (born 1982), English football player
  • Jay Bouwmeester (born 1983), Canadian hockey player
  • Jay Cutler (American football) (born 1983), American football player
  • Jay Cutler (bodybuilder) (born 1971), American bodybuilder
  • Jay Dahlgren (born 1948), Canadian javelin thrower
  • Jay DeMerit (born 1979), American soccer player
  • Jay Fiedler (born 1971), American NFL football quarterback
  • Jay Haas (born 1953), American golfer
  • Jay Jones (born 1974), American football player
  • Jay Lethal (born 1985), American professional wrestler
  • Jay McDonagh (born 1973), American football player
  • Jay McKee (born 1977), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Jay Moriarity (1978-2001), American big wave surfer
  • Jay Novacek (born 1962), American football player

    • Music

  • Jay Aston (born 1961), English singer
  • Jay Bennett (1963–2009), American musician
  • Jay Bentley (born 1964), American musician
  • Jay Chou (born 1979), Taiwanese musician
  • Jay Dee Daugherty (born 1952), American drummer
  • Jay Ferguson (American musician) (born 1947)
  • Jay Ferguson (Canadian musician) (born 1968)
  • Jay Greenberg (composer) (born 1991), American composer
  • Jay Greenberg (psychoanalyst) (born 1942), American psychoanalyst and psychologist
  • Jay Hernandez (born 1978), American actor
  • Jay Kay (born 1969), English musician
  • Jay Lane (born 1964), American musician
  • Jay Livingston (1915–2001), American composer
  • Jay Osmond (born 1955), American musician
  • Jay Park (born 1987), Korean American b-boy and singer (Ex-2PM member)
  • Jay Sean (born 1979), British musician
  • Jay Weinberg (born 1990), American drummer
  • Jay Wilbur (1898–1970), British bandleader

    • Television and film

  • Jay Baruchel (born 1982), Canadian actor
  • Jay Chandrasekhar (born 1968), American director
  • Jay R. Ferguson (born 1974), American actor
  • Jay Harrington (born 1971), American actor
  • Jay Karnes (born 1963), American actor
  • Jay Laga'aia (born 1963), New Zealand actor
  • Jay Leno (born 1950), American comedian and talk-show host
  • Jay McCarroll (born 1974), American fashion designer
  • Jay Mohr (born 1970), American actor
  • Jay North (born 1951), American actor
  • Jay Purvis (born 1976), Canadian carpenter and television presenter
  • Jay Roach (born 1957), American director
  • Jay Ryan (actor) (born 1981), New Zealand actor
  • Jay Silverheels (1912–1980), Canadian actor
  • Jay Thomas (born 1948), American actor and talk-show host

    • Other

  • Jay Bybee (born 1953), American judge
  • Jay Chiat (1931–2002), American advertising designer
  • Jay Cooke (1821–1905), American financier
  • Jay Gould (1836–1892), American financier
  • Jay Inslee (born 1951), American politician
  • Jay Jasanoff (born 1942), American linguist
  • Jay McCallum (born 1960), American judge and former state legislator
  • Jay McInerney (born 1955), American writer
  • Jay Miner (1932–1994), American computer pioneer
  • Jay Nixon (born 1956), American politician
  • Jay Nordlinger (born 1963), American journalist
  • Jay Pritzker (1922–1999), American entrepreneur
  • Jay Rockefeller (born 1937), American politician
  • Jay P. Rolison, Jr. (1929–2007), New York politician
  • Jay Rosen (born 1956), American writer
  • Jay Sekulow (born 1956), American lawyer

    • Fictional characters

  • Jay Cartwright, in the television series The Inbetweeners
  • Jay Garrick, in the DC Comics universe
  • Jay Gatsby, in the 1925 novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • Jay Hogart, in the television series Degrassi: The Next Generation
  • Jay Kyle, in the TV series My Wife and Kids
  • Jay Landsman, in the television series The Wire
  • Jay Sherman, in the animated series The Critic
  • Jay Walker, a lightning-using character in the television series Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu
  • Jay, in the films of Kevin Smith
  • Jay, in the television series The Tribe
  • Jay, a male cheerful red-cheeked cordon-bleu in Angry Birds
  • Jay, "The Leader" in the animated series Clash of the Titans
  • Jay, in the web series Marble Hornets

    • References

    Jay (given name) Wikipedia
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