Jey
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 3 babies a year in England and Wales.
Babies a year
3
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#5137
3 babies
Jey by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Jey.
Its American peak was 5 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Jey
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 Jey. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Joyjoy; gladness and pleasure971 in the US (2017)
- Jaya form of names beginning with J; also the bird856 in the US (2017)
- Joeygod will increase; a form of Joseph324 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jeta hard black gemstone; the color black138 in the US (2017)
- Jedbeloved of the lord; a form of Jedidiah77 in the US (2017)
- Jebbeloved of god; a form of Jedediah20 in the US (2017)