Jay Family History
Jay Name Meaning
English and French: nickname from Middle English jai jei Old French jay(e) gai ‘jay’ (the bird) probably referring to an idle chatterer a showy person or a simpleton although the jay was also noted for its thieving habits. English: from the unrecorded Middle English personal names Jay or Gee which may have been pet forms of several names beginning with J- such as Jack James and Jeffery (Geoffrey). See Jason and Jesson . Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 謝 see Xie
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022