Given name
Jendaya
“one who is thankful”
Jendaya is a variant of Jendayi. One Egyptian interpretation is “one who is thankful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jendaya is a variant of Jendayi. One Egyptian interpretation is “one who is thankful.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Jendaya is a variant of Jendayi. An origin associated with Jendayi is Egyptian.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1996. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jendaya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 84
- 0 boys · 84 girls
- Most popular year
- 1999
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #15,943 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 15,943 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 12 in 1999.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jendaya’s family of names
Jendaya has a related form in Jendayi.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
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Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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