Given name & surname
Jaja
“a gift from God”
Jaja is used as a given name and a surname. One African interpretation is “a gift from God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “a gift from God.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
How it developed
In Cebuano usage, Jaja is a diminutive of Janet. In Cebuano usage, Jaja is a diminutive of Lydia.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jaja through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 109
- 109 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1972
- 20 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 9 in 1992. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 20 in 1972. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 264 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jaja’s family of names
In Cebuano usage, Jaja is a diminutive of Janet. In Cebuano usage, Jaja is a diminutive of Lydia. In Cebuano usage, Jaja is a diminutive of Jasmin.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
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