Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Je isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1965. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Je through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 10 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1965
- 5 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 5 in 1998. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 858 as a first name in 2020; 243 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Je’s family of names
In Burmese usage, Je is a Roman-alphabet rendering of ဇေ. In Burmese usage, Je is a transliteration of ဇေ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Je
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Je, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Jens
“God is gracious”
>99% boys
Jeff
“son of JEFFREY” · “the son of Jeffrey”
>99% boys
Joell
“Jehovah is God; God is willing”
>99% boys
Jeffry
“a man of peace”
>99% boys
Jim
“he who supplants” · “heel grabber”
>99% boys
Jon
“God has given” · “a gift of God”
>99% boys
Jac
Jac is a masculine given name from English. It is used in Welsh.
>99% boys
Jeffery
“a man of peace”
>99% boys