Jea

given name · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/dʒə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Jea is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 62K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 866K
  • AOAngola≈1 in 68K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Philippines (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,700 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
170 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 62K (inferred from the name graph)

Philippines, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

JeaLatin(measured from records)
제아Hangul(measured from records)

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Jea counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Jea is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PH Philippines≈1,700 est.≈1 in 62K—Jea48
CN China≈1,200 est.≈1 in 1.2M—Jea5
AO Angola≈480 est.≈1 in 68K—Jea1
US United States3841 in 866K242Jea170
DE Germany≈180 est.≈1 in 436K1Jea37
NL Netherlands≈72 est.≈1 in 238K—Jea13
AT Austria≈34 est.≈1 in 259K—Jea5
GY Guyana31 in 250K3—2

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; the de-leipzig-vornamen register; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Jea is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Jeã, Jéa, Jeâ

  • Portuguese given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, Philippines, United States, Portugal

    Also written Jeã, Jëa, Jeâ, Jeä

  • Indonesian given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, United States

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Jèa

49 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Jea is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In jiv, house, habitat

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In gv, yesterday

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Basque, "Interj. con la que se tienta al toro. Jea, jea, Tolos'aldera! " Etxba Eib .

    as a wordOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia (OEH) — General/Historical Basque Dictionary, Euskaltzaindia

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 18 sources across 10 countries.

Official registers attesting Jea
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020242#24,891
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020142#24,891
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19606—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19795—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19545—
GY GuyanaGuyana — Official List of Electors July 202520253#591
DE GermanyStadt Leipzig Open Data — Vornamensstatistik Neugeborene20251#1

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Jea?
A machine transcription gives /dʒə/ (IPA) for English.
Is Jea a male or female name?
Jea is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does Jea have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.7 thousand people named Jea in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jea.
How common is the name Jea?
In the United States, the national register counted 384 people named Jea in 2020, about 1 in 866 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jea”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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