Jais

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Jais by the numbers

Jais was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 10 babies in 2003, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Jais

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 Jais. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Jaivictory39 in England and Wales (2025)
  • JairGod enlightens178 in the US (2017)
  • Janisgod is gracious; a form of Janice20 in the US (2017)
  • Javisjavelin bearer; a form of jarvis14 in the US (2017)
  • Jaksno established meaning3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Jadis15 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Jais

Names that are said the same way as Jais, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Jaycehe supplants; a modern respelling of James2,951 in the US (2017)
  • Jasehealer; short form of Jason1,042 in the US (2017)
  • Jaysehealer; a modern respelling of Jason102 in the US (2017)
  • Jace4,643 in the US (2017)
  • Jaice44 in the US (2017)
  • Jaise13 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Jais

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