THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Jade
Jade is recorded as a gender-inclusive or unspecified given name in Cebuano. The source gives a linguistic connection through English, specifically the form Jade.
Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
CebuanoEtymology & source
From English Jade, from English jade. As a male given name, often, from confusion or mispronunciation of Jed.
a female given name from English; a male given name
EnglishEtymology & source
From the precious stone jade; taken into general use in the 1970s.
A female given name from English.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Jade
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Jade Lopez
Filipino actress
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Ylona Garcia
Philippine-Australian actor, singer, and songwriter
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Wikidata
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Jade Lopez, Ylona Garcia
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Jade in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Jade
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Jake♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Jane♀Etymology uncertain; see source accounts
- Jaze·Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Jabi·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Jack♂Etymology uncertain; see source accounts
- Jafet·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Jaime♂♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Jaja♀Short form of Janet, Jasmin, and Lydia
What rhymes with Jade?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Explore Jade further
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- Wikidata given-name item Q761570 — Jade (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Jade Lopez (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q761570 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Ylona Garcia (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q761570 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Jade (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Jade (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.