Jade
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in English: from ME jade 'a cart-horse, a hack'; first attested Simon Jade 1258 IpmY
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/d͡ʒeɪd/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Jade is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- FRFrance≈1 in 1.4K(inferred from the name graph)
- AUAustralia≈1 in 1.4K
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 2.2K
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.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 523 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.4K (inferred from the name graph)
≈100,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
France, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(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(measured from records)
from ME jade 'a cart-horse, a hack'; first attested Simon Jade 1258 IpmY.
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of English Surnames
Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.
How Jade is read(measured from records)
Jade is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English53%
from ME jade 'a cart-horse, a hack'; first attested Simon Jade 1258 IpmY.
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
nickname from Middle English jade, chade ‘carthorse, hack’.
as a nameThe Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
A semiprecious stone, either nephrite or jadeite, generally green or white in color, often used for carving figurines.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- French29%
Origine française, d’après la pierre précieuse jade.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
- Spanish7.8%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Jade in Spanish.
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Jade 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈100,000 est. | ≈1 in 14K | — | Jade | 45 |
| US United States | #959 | 83,708 | 1 in 4K | 79K | Jade | 523 |
| FR France | #196 | ≈50,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.4K | 107K | Jade | 325 |
| GB United Kingdom | #293 | ≈30,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.2K | — | Jade | 318 |
| PH Philippines | #265 | ≈27,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.1K | — | Jade | 142 |
| AU Australia | #205 | ≈18,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.4K | 72 | Jade | 253 |
| FI Finland | — | 2,627 | 1 in 2.1K | 2.9K | — | 39 |
| NZ New Zealand | #307 | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 3.9K | — | Jade | 148 |
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; INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Jade is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Portuguese, jade (gem)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Del mineral del mismo nombre, piedra preciosa de color verde
as a name25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado
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)
- Jade Raymondb. 1975CACanadian video game executive
- Jade Goodyb. 1981GBEnglish reality television personality (1981-2009)
- Jade Northb. 1982AUAustralian footballer (born 1982)
- Amy Winehouseb. 1983GBnot in their usual nameBritish singer-songwriter (1983–2011)
- Samantha Jadeb. 1987AUAustralian singer, actress and songwriter (born 1987)
- Jade Ewenb. 1988GBEnglish singer and actress
- Saraya-Jade Bevisb. 1992GBBritish professional wrestler and actress
- Jade Thirlwallb. 1992GBBritish singer
- Makenzie Vegab. 1994USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress
- Jade Pettyjohnb. 2000USAmerican actress
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)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 103 sources across 56 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2024 | 107K | #2 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 79K | #630 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 4.8K | #630 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 2.9K | #438 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 2.7K | — |
| FI Finland | DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register) | — | 2.6K | — |
| AU Australia | NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present) | 2014 | 72 | #96 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 57 | — |
| AU Australia | QLD BDM — Top 100 Baby Names Queensland (1960–present) | 2014 | 57 | — |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 46 | #6,028 |
Reference works 6
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
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
- Is Jade a male or female name?
- Jade is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Jade mean, and where does it come from?
- from ME jade 'a cart-horse, a hack'; first attested Simon Jade 1258 IpmY. Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
- In which country does Jade have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 102 thousand people named Jade in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jade.
- What are other forms of the name Jade?
- In the etymology graph, Giada and Jayde are forms of the same name in other languages; Jada, Jayda and Jaida are recorded short or pet forms.
- How common is the name Jade?
- In the United States, the national register counted 83,708 people named Jade in 2020, about 1 in 4.0 thousand residents.
- How common is Jade compared with other names?
- In France, Jade is the 196th most common given name of 754,146 given names recorded there.
- How do you pronounce Jade?
- A machine transcription gives /d͡ʒeɪd/ (IPA) for English.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/jadeThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Jade” — the 196th most common given name in France. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.