Carter-Jay
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning carter; one who drives carts, with jay.
Babies a year
7
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2952
7 babies
Carter-Jay by the numbers
In 2025, 7 babies in England and Wales were named Carter-Jay.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Carter-Jay. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Carter-Jamesone who drives a cart; supplanter13 in England and Wales (2025)
- Carter-Leecarter one who drives carts; combined with lee meadow9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Carter-Blucart driver; a modern combination form3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Carter-John5 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean a bird
Like Carter-Jay, each of these has a bird in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Gavinwhite hawk4,134 in the US (2017)
- Jonahdove2,523 in the US (2017)
- Remingtonraven settlement; from the raven farm2,251 in the US (2017)
- Phoenixmythical bird that rises from ashes2,184 in the US (2017)
- Corbinraven; from corvus1,434 in the US (2017)
- Jaya form of names beginning with J; also the bird856 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Carter-Jay
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