Jay-A
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Jay-A is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nepal than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Sanskrit जय (jaya, literally “victory”).
- AUAustralia≈1 in 42K(inferred from the name graph)
- NPNepal≈1 in 1.9K
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 6.2K
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.
- Nepal (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 271 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.9K (inferred from the name graph)
≈16,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Nepal, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Jaya in US United States, AU Australia, BD Bangladesh and 3 more.
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)
Borrowed from Sanskrit जय (jaya, literally “victory”).
Sources 6
- A Genealogists Guide to Indian Names A Reference for First Names from India
- A concise dictionary of first names
- The Penguin book of Hindu names for boys
- Digital Pāḷi Dictionary
- Wiktionary
Where in the world(measured from records)
Jay-A 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NP Nepal | ≈16,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.9K | — | Jaya | 41 |
| MY Malaysia | ≈5,200 est. | ≈1 in 6.2K | — | Jaya | 58 |
| US United States | 5,196 | 1 in 64K | 4.8K | Jaya | 271 |
| BD Bangladesh | ≈1,800 est. | ≈1 in 93K | — | Jaya | 20 |
| PH Philippines | ≈980 est. | ≈1 in 111K | — | Jay-A | 41 |
| AU Australia | ≈610 est. | ≈1 in 42K | 3 | Jaya | 105 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈87 est. | ≈1 in 56K | 11 | Jaya | 30 |
| GY Guyana | 50 | 1 in 15K | 50 | — | 3 |
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; Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM); DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present); 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).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Jay-A mean, and where does it come from?
- Borrowed from Sanskrit जय (jaya, literally “victory”). Recorded by A Genealogists Guide to Indian Names A Reference for First Names from India and A concise dictionary of first names and 4 other sources.
- Is Jay-A a male or female name?
- Jay-A 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.
- In which country does Jay-A have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 16 thousand people named Jay-A in Nepal, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jaya.
- How common is the name Jay-A?
- In the United States, the national register counted 5,196 people named Jay-A in 2020, about 1 in 64 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/jay-aThe same 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), and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Jay-A”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.