Jahi
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 21 babies a year in the US.
Jahi by the numbers
Jahi was given to 21 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 41 babies in 2002, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Jahi
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jahi. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Jaivictory39 in England and Wales (2025)
- Javigod is my salvation; a form of Javier36 in the US (2017)
- Jamisupplanter; possibly from James or Jamie25 in the US (2017)
- Jahhebrew name for god, used in rastafarianism14 in the US (2017)
- Jariflowing water; a river11 in the US (2017)
- Janiwoman; a form of Janani10 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Jahi
Names that are said the same way as Jahi, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Jae65 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Jahi
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