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Jay

A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Â© A Dictionary of First Names 2006, originally published by Oxford University Press 2006. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Jay ♂, ♀
1. Short form of any of the given names beginning with the letter J- (compare Dee and Kay), now also used as an independent given name.

2. Indian male name meaning ‘victory’ in Sanskrit.

Variants: Jaye (of 1); Jai (of 2).

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