Baby Names That Start With J
2430 baby names beginning with the letter J — boys and girls, each with meaning and audio pronunciation.
The most-loved baby names starting with J, most-popular first. Tap any name to hear it pronounced and read its meaning.
Girl Names
JazoraA modern American coinage, joining a Ja- opening with Zora (itself 'dawn' in Slavic). By that eJazuriiA modern American coinage in the Azuri sound-family (echoing 'azure' for many families); it reaJecoliahFrom the Hebrew Jecoliah (Yekholyah), 'the Lord is able; the Lord prevails' — the name of a queJerielFrom the Hebrew Jeriel, read as 'God has seen' or 'foundation of God' (El, 'God') -- a name lisJerlaniA modern coinage with no documented etymology. Its ending echoes Hawaiian lani, 'heaven, sky,' JezuriJezuri has no documented etymology. It reads as a contemporary coinage; some hear an echo of JeJhuriA short modern coinage with no documented etymology; it echoes names like Juri and Jhene in souJinyiA romanized Chinese given name; its meaning depends on the specific characters chosen (for examJiyooA romanized Korean given name (Ji-yoo/Ji-woo); its meaning depends on the hanja (Chinese characJoahFrom the Hebrew Joah (Yoah), 'the Lord is brother' (Yah + ah) — a name borne by several figuresJohaniA form in the Johana/Yohani family, ultimately from John (Hebrew Yochanan, 'God is gracious'), JoseannyA Spanish-styled blend of Jose (from Joseph, 'God will add') and Anny (from Ana, 'grace'). A joJourmaniJourmani is a newly emerging coinage with the rolling -mani ending found in Amani and Imani. ThJremeA modern trimmed respelling of Jeremy, from the Hebrew Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah), 'the Lord will exaJruaniA modern coinage built on a Jr-/Ju- opening and a flowing -ani ending, echoing Juana/Luana. No JunieeA modern -iee spelling built on June — the summer month, itself linked to the Roman goddess JunJurititurtledove, dove
Boy Names
JaywenJaywen is a new American coinage with no documented etymology. It joins the popular Jay- prefixJeanmarieJeanmarie is a two-name compound of the French Jean ('God is gracious,' the French John) and MaJermiriA modern coinage joining a Jer- opening with the -miri/-mir sound of Jamari and Amir; no documeJersiA modern name reading as a respelling of Jersey (the place/word) or the Polish Jerzy ('George; JeskoA German name, a short form of the Slavic Jaroslav (jaro, 'fierce; spring,' + slava, 'glory'); JhersiA modern coinage with no documented etymology. Its sound sits close to Jersey (the Channel IslaJhonnA Latin-American stylised spelling of John, from the Hebrew Yochanan, 'the Lord is gracious; GoJosepedroA compound of two classic Spanish names recorded as one field: Jose (Joseph, 'he will add') pluJrusiahA modern American coinage shaped on Josiah (Hebrew Yoshiyahu, 'the Lord supports; the Lord healJugaadJugaad is a Hindi and Punjabi word, not a traditional given name. It means a makeshift fix, an JuziahA modern respelling echoing Josiah ('the Lord supports') and Uzziah ('the Lord is my strength')JyierA modern American coinage with an inventive spelling. No documented etymology stands behind it;JzaiA modern American coinage built on a crisp J-Z opening; it has no single fixed meaning and read