Jay (given name)

Jay

Gender	Unisex
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 and nickname. It may be a nickname for Japhet, Jaymond, Jane, James, Javonne, Jamie, Jacob, Jared, Joaquin, Javad, Jeremy, Jeffrey, John, Jules, Jonathan, Joseph, Jason, Jamin, Jaylin, Jordan, Justin, Joel, Jayakumar, etc. In Hindu-influenced cultures, Jay or Jai is a common first name for a male derived from the Sanskrit for "win" or "victory." And Jay is a hungary name, is this hunglis

Sports

• Jay Adams (1961–2014), American skateboarder
• Jay Ajayi (born 1993), English American NFL football player
• Jay Barnett (born 2001), Australian association football player
• 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 Bruce (born 1987), Major League Baseball player, three-time All-Star
• 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
• Jay Wheeldon (born 1989), English footballer

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
• James "Jay" Huguely (1940–2008), American actor, recording artist known as Cledus Maggard & the Citizen's Band
• 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
• John Jay Traynor (1943–2014), American singer, member of the group Jay and the Americans
• Jay Weinberg (born 1990), American drummer
• Jay Wilbur (1898–1970), British bandleader
• Jay Zeffin English musician, composer

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 Hernandez (born 1978), 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 (1948–2017), American actor and talk-show host

Other

• Jay Helms (born 1979), Founder of W2 Capitalist
• Jay Adair (born 1969/1970), American businessman, CEO of Copart
• Jay Bybee (born 1953), American judge
• Jay Chaudhry (born 1958/1959), American billionaire, CEO and founder of Zscaler
• 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 state legislator
• Jay McInerney (born 1955), American writer
• Jay Miner (1932–1994), American computer pioneer
• Jay Monahan (born 1971), PGA Tour commissioner
• Jay Nixon (born 1956), American politician
• Jay Nordlinger (born 1963), American journalist
• Jay Pritzker (1922–1999), American businessman
• 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 Walker, the ninja of lightning in the television series Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu
• 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, 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
• Jay, in the animated series The Ridonculous Race
• Jay, in the animated series Big Mouth

See also

• Jay (surname)