Jayden
Encyclopedia
Jayden is a unisex given name. The name is of recent origin, possibly an elaborate form of Jay
Jay (given name)
Jay is a common given name or nickname. It may be a nickname for James, Jamie, Jared, Jason, Joaquin, Jeremy, John, Gerald or George. In Hindu cultures, Jay or Jai is a common first name derived from the Sanskrit for "win" or "victory"...

, combined with the name Hayden
Hayden (given name)
Hayden is a given name in the English language. The name is variant of the given name Haydn, which is derived from the surname Haydn in honour of composer Josef Haydn . The surname Haydn originated as a respelling of the nickname Heiden, meaning "heathen"...

. The name has become popular throughout the English-speaking world
English-speaking world
The English-speaking world consists of those countries or regions that use the English language to one degree or another. For more information, please see:Lists:* List of countries by English-speaking population...

 in recent years. It was obscure until 1994, when it debuted on the Social Security Administration's list of the 1000 most popular boys names at #851.

The name was the fourth most popular boys' name in the United States in 2010, according to the Social Security Administration. Altogether, nine variant spellings appear in the top 1000. The name in this form was not a top 1000 name in the United States until 1994, when it ranked 851 and was associated with 159 births in the United States. By 1999, the rank had risen to 254 and by 2009 number 8 with 17,082 births

Variants of the name include: Jaden, Jadon, Jaydon, Jadyn, Jaedon, Jaida, Jaiden, Jaidin, Jaidon, Jaiden, Jay.

First name

  • Jayden Attard
    Jayden Attard
    Jayden Attard was an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. He is of Maltese descent.He was recruited as the number 50 draft pick in the 2004 AFL Draft from Chelsea and Dandenong Stingrays. He made his debut for Brisbane in Round 4, 2005 against Hawthorn.Attard was delisted...

     (born 1986), Australian football player
  • Jaidon Codrington
    Jaidon Codrington
    Jaidon "The Don" Codrington is a professional boxer. He fights at Light Heavyweight out of Queens, New York and had a record of 20 wins and 2 losses, with 16 wins by knockout....

     (born 1984), American boxer
  • Jayden Jaymes
    Jayden Jaymes
    Jayden Jaymes is an American pornographic actress, exotic dancer, and model. She has appeared in approximately 174 movies since starting her adult film career in November 2006. She was featured in an episode of MTV's True Life about pornography...

     (born 1986), American pornographic actress
  • Jadon Lavik
    Jadon Lavik
    Jadon Lavik is a CCM singer-songwriter formerly signed with BEC Recordings.Lavik was on the If I Had One Chance to Tell You Something Tour with Rebecca St...

     (born 1978), American singer-songwriter
  • Jaidyn Leskie (1996–1997), Australian crime victim
  • Jadyn Maria
    Jadyn Maria
    Joy Lynn Strand better known by her stage name Jadyn Maria is a Puerto Rican singer-songwriter. At the age of seventeen, Maria was signed to Sparrow Records for a Christian music singing career which did not take off. She was later signed separately to Virgin Records and Zomba Label Group, both of...

     (born 1985), Puerto Rican singer-songwriter
  • Jadan McCullough, South African guitarist with the band New Loud Rockets
    New Loud Rockets
    New Loud Rockets were an indie band from Cape Town, South Africa.The band consisted of John Seth , Jadan McCullough , Steve Huson , David Huson , and Philip Erasmus...

  • Jayden Post
    Jayden Post
    Jayden Post is an Australian rules footballer currently playing with the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League....

     (born 1989), Australian football player
  • Jaden Smith
    Jaden Smith
    Jaden Christopher Syre Smith is an American child actor, rapper, songwriter, dancer, and the son of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith. He is the elder brother of singer Willow Smith...

     (born 1998), American actor
  • Jayden Stockley
    Jayden Stockley
    Jayden Connor Stockley is a professional English footballer who plays as a striker for League Two club Accrington Stanley on loan from Bournemouth. He made his debut for Bournemouth, whilst still a Secondary school student.-Career:...

     (born 1993), English football player
  • Jadin Wong
    Jadin Wong
    Jadin Wong was a Chinese-American singer, dancer, comedienne, and theatrical agent and manager.- Early life :...

     (1913–2010), American singer

Surname

  • Hyacinthe Jadin
    Hyacinthe Jadin
    Hyacinthe Jadin was a French composer who came from a distinguished musical family. His uncle Georges Jadin was a composer in Versailles and Paris, along with his father Jean Jadin, who had also played bassoon for the French Royal Orchestra...

     (1776–1800), French composer
  • Louis-Emmanuel Jadin
    Louis-Emmanuel Jadin
    Louis-Emmanuel Jadin was a French composer, pianist and harpsichordist.Jadin was born in Versailles. He learned piano from his brother Hyacinthe Jadin and later worked at the Théâtre de Monsieur. His first opera was staged in Versailles in 1788. The following year he took the position of second...

     (1768–1853), French composer
  • Paul Jadin
    Paul Jadin
    Paul F. Jadin was the 40th mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin, from 1995 to 2003.Paul Jadin won his first general election with 55% of the vote and was the first mayor of Green Bay in over fifty years to run for re-election unopposed....

     (born 1955), American politician

Fictional people

  • Norman Jayden, fictional character in the video game Heavy Rain
  • Jaden Yuki
    Jaden Yuki
    Jaden Yuki, known as in the original Japanese version, is a fictional character and the main protagonist in the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX anime and manga series. His name is meant to be a pun in Japanese, as "jūdai" is the word for "teenager"...

    , fictional character in the anime and manga series Yu-Gi-Oh!
  • Jayden, the name given to the android Data in Thine Own Self
    Thine Own Self (TNG episode)
    "Thine Own Self" is the 168th episode of the science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation.-Overview:Data, suffering amnesia, unintentionally exposes a primitive alien village to dangerously radioactive materials; Troi takes tests necessary for a promotion from Lt...

    , a 1994 episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation
  • Lady Jayden, a Luanian priestess in Dominic Deegan: Oracle For Hire
    Dominic Deegan: Oracle For Hire
    Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire is a daily fantasy webcomic by Michael "Mookie" Terracciano that began in May 2002. The comic follows the adventures of Dominic Deegan, a freelance seer who finds himself often at the center of conflicts that threaten his whole world. The story is organized in...

    , a daily fantasy webcomic by Michael "Mookie" Terracciano that began in 2002
  • Jayden the leader and red ranger from the children's TV series Power Rangers Samurai
    Power Rangers Samurai
    Power Rangers Samurai is the nineteenth season of the American children's television series Power Rangers. With Saban Brands buying back the franchise, the show is produced by SCG Power Rangers and began airing on Nickelodeon and Nicktoons on February 7, 2011...

  • Jaden Korr, a Jedi Knight featured in the video game Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy and a featured character in several Star Wars novels.
The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK