Jay (given name)

Jay
Gender	Neutral
Origin
Meaning	nickname for several names beginning with the letter J "jaybird" in English "win", "victory" in Sanskrit
Other names
Related names	Jason, Jamie, Jaylin

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

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 (singer), full name Jaco du Plessis, South African singer, actor and model. Also member of South African boy band Eden
• 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 (born 1991), American composer
• 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 Wilbur (1898–1970), British bandleader
• Jay-Z (born 1969), American rapper

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

See also

• Jay (surname)