| The boy name Jayden [ syll. jay-den, ja-yd-en ] is also used, but less frequently, as a girl name. Its pronunciation is JHEY-DahN KEY. Jayden is used predominantly in the English language and it is derived from Hebrew origins. Jayden is a variant of the name Jadon (English). Jayden is a very popular baby name for boys, and it is also considered trendy. The name's popularity has been increasing since the 1990s; before that, it was of sporadic use only. At the recent height of its usage in 2007, 0.689% of baby boys were given the name Jayden. It ranked at #18 then. Within all boy names in its group, Jayden was the most popular in 2007. 22 times more boys were named Jayden than the subsequent ranked name, Jadon (English), in that year. In the past century Jayden has mostly been a boy name. In 2006, the name Jayden was given to 5 times as many boys than girls. Baby names that sound like Jayden include Jaden (English), Jaiden (English), Jaydon (English), Jadon (English), Jeton (Albanian), Justen (English), Justin (English and French), Justyn (English), and Justinian (English and French). KEY: approx pronunciation for Jayden: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"
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