Jade is a given name derived from the ornamental stone

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, which is used in artwork and in

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-making. The name is derived from the Spanish , which means "stone of the

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". There was a belief that when jade was placed on the stomach, it could cure colic in babies. The stone is greatly valued in Asian countries.

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believed it had properties encouraging purity, bravery, and honesty. Chinese emperors were buried in suits made of the stone because they believed it would make them live on forever. The name was the most popular name given to newborn girls in France in 2022. It was among the five most popular names for newborn girls in

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in 2023. The name has been used for both boys and girls in the United States and currently ranks among the top 1,000 names for American girls. It ranked among the 1,000 most common names for boys born in the United States throughout the mid-1990s. In the mid-1990s, Jade was among the top 25 most popular names for girls in

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and

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. It was also among the most common names for girls in

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, and

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in recent years.

Jada Jada can refer to: People * Jada (given name), a feminine given name derived from ''Jade'' * Jada (biblical figure), a figure in the first ''Book of Chronicles'' of the Old Testament * Ja'da bint al-Ash'at, wife of Hasan bin Ali Places * Jada, A ...

, a variant of the name, was also a popular name for girls born in the

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and

in recent years. Jayda, a spelling variant, was also a popular name in recent years in the United States. Spelling variant Jaida is also in use for American girls. Giada, an Italian variant of the name, was also well used in the United States. Jaden, also a popular name for boys and girls in the United States with multiple spelling variants, is also sometimes seen as a variant of Jade.

People with the given name

Women

* Jade Alleyne (born 2001), Scottish actress * Jade Anderson (born 1980), British singer * Jade Barbosa (born 1991), Brazilian gymnast *

Jade Bird Jade Elizabeth Bird (born 1 October 1997) is an English singer, songwriter and musician. Bird's music has been influenced by many folk and Americana artists. The media, when describing Bird's music, have drawn comparisons with pop, American ...

(born 1997), English singer-songwriter * Jade Bowler (born 2000), British YouTuber known as Unjaded Jade * Jade Brooks, Canadian author *

Jade Carey Jade Ashtyn Carey (born May 27, 2000) is an American artistic gymnast. She represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics as an individual, and at the 2024 Summer Olympics as a member of the U.S. women's team, nicknamed the "Golden Girl ...

(born 2000), American gymnast *

Jade Cole Jade Chantel Cole (born June 19, 1979) is an American fashion and print model and former reality television personality. She first appeared on Cycle 6 of ''America's Next Top Model''. She is the founder of Biracial Butterfly Productions, an agen ...

(born 1979), American model * Jade Holland Cooper (born 1986/87), British fashion designer * Jade Edmistone (born 1982), Australian swimmer *

Jade Ewen Jade Louise Ewen (born 24 January 1988) is a British singer, actress and a former member of the girl group Sugababes. She began her singing career in a girl group named Trinity Stone, which signed with Sony BMG in 2005 but disbanded in 2007 wit ...

(born 1988), British singer and actress *

Jade Goody Jade Cerisa Lorraine Goody (5 June 1981 – 22 March 2009) was an English media personality. She was a contestant on the Big Brother (British TV series) series 3, third series of the Channel 4 reality show ''Big Brother (British TV series) ...

(1981–2009), British reality star * Jade Howard (born 1995), Zambian swimmer * Jade Jagger (born 1971), daughter of Mick Jagger * Jade Johnson (born 1980), English long jumper * Jade Jones (athlete) (born 1996), English wheelchair racer *

Jade Jones (taekwondo) Jade Louise Jones (born 21 March 1993) is a Welsh former taekwondo athlete, and boxer. She is the 2012 and 2016 Olympic gold medallist in the women's 57 kg category, and the 2019 World champion, 2016, 2018 and 2021 European champion an ...

(born 1993), Welsh taekwondo athlete * Jade Kake, New Zealand Māori architect and architectural designer *

Jade Kwan Kwan Wai-Man (born July 31, 1979), better known professionally as Jade Kwan Sum-Yin (), is a Hong Kong and Canadian singer and philanthropist. Originally from Vancouver, she entered the music industry after winning the 1999 New Talent Singing Aw ...

(born 1979), Hong Kong Cantopop singer * Jade LeMac, Canadian singer and songwriter *

Jade MacRae Jade Aurora MacRae is an Australian Soul music, soul singer and the daughter of professional musicians Joy Yates and Dave MacRae. MacRae is best known for her top 40 singles "So Hot Right Now (Jade MacRae song), So Hot Right Now" and "Superstar ...

(born 1979), Australian singer *

Jade Raymond Jade Raymond (born 28 August 1975) is a Canadian video game producer, best known for helping create the ''Assassin's Creed'' and '' Watch Dogs'' franchises, as well as building Ubisoft Toronto and Motive Studio. In March 2021, Raymond announc ...

(born 1975), Canadian video game producer and executive * Jade Seah (born 1983), Singaporean actress and model *

Jade Thirlwall Jade Amelia Thirlwall (born 26 December 1992) is an English singer. Her music career began at the age of 15, when she auditioned for ''The X Factor (British TV series), The X Factor UK'' on three occasions before rising to prominence as a member ...

(born 1992), British singer-songwriter who sometimes uses the mononym "Jade" *

Jade Villalon Jade Valerie Villalon (born August 12, 1980), also known by her project and stage name Jade Valerie, is an American pop singer, songwriter, and actress. From 1999 to 2007, she was the vocalist and lyricist of Sweetbox, releasing five original a ...

(born 1980), American singer and member of German music project

Sweetbox Sweetbox is a German-based pop music project formed in 1995 by executive producer Heiko Schmidt and music producer Roberto "Geo" Rosan. Throughout the years Sweetbox has had several lead singers including Kimberly Kearney, Dacia Bridges, Tina H ...

Jade Windley Jade Windley (born 22 April 1990 in Lincolnshire) is a British former tennis player. In her career, Windley won three singles and 16 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Wo ...

(born 1990), British tennis player *

Jade Snow Wong Jade Snow Wong (January 21, 1922 – March 16, 2006) was a Chinese American ceramic artist and author of two memoirs. She was given the English name of Constance, also being known as Connie Wong Ong. Early life Wong was born on January 21, ...

(1922–2006), Chinese-American ceramic artist and writer

Men

Jade C. Bell Jade C. Bell is a Canadian actor who appeared in the first season of the television show '' Dark Angel'' as Sebastian, a mute quadriplegic Tetraplegia, also known as quadriplegia, is defined as the dysfunction or loss of Motor control, motor an ...

, Canadian quadriplegic actor * Jade Buford (born 1988), American racing driver *

Jade Dernbach Jade Winston Dernbach (born 3 March 1986) is a former professional cricketer. Born in South Africa, he represented Surrey (2003–2021), England (2011–2014) and Italy (2021). He made his first-class debut in 2003 and won the NBC Denis Comp ...

(born 1986), South African-born England cricketer *

Jade Esteban Estrada Jade Esteban Estrada (born September 17, 1975) is an American singer, actor, stand-up comedian, journalist and human rights activist. ''Out Magazine'' called him "the first gay Latin star." Biography Born to David Gonzales Estrada and Aurora ...

(born 1975), American actor * Jade Gatt (born 1978), Australian actor * Jade Gresham (born 1997), Australian footballer * Jade Kindar-Martin (born 1974), American circus performer * Jade Jones (singer) (born 1979), British singer and chef *

Jade North Jade Bronson North (born 7 January 1982) is an Australian former professional soccer player who played as a centre back or right back. He was a member of the Australia men's national soccer team, Australian national team, and is co-chair of Fo ...

(born 1982), Australian football player *

Jade Puget Jade Errol Puget (born November 28, 1973) is an American musician and producer, best known as the guitarist for the rock band AFI (joined in 1998), the guitarist/writer for the straight edge hardcore band XTRMST, and the keyboardist/synthes ...

(born 1973), American musician and producer * Jade Rawlings (born 1977), Australian footballer *

Jade Yorker Jade Scott Yorker is an American actor of film and television. Among his TV credits are '' Cosby'', ''Third Watch'' and ''Law & Order''. His most famous role is the role of William "Willie" Weathers in ''Gridiron Gang''. He grew up in Manalapan ...

(born 1985), American actor * Lucas Jade Zumann (born 2000), American actor

Fictional characters

Cheshire (comics) Cheshire (Jade Nguyen) is a supervillain appearing in DC Comics. She is a long-standing rival of the superhero team, the Teen Titans, and occasional love interest of Roy Harper (character), Roy Harper and Catman (DC Comics), Thomas Blake. Publica ...

, DC Comics supervillainess Jade Nguyen * Jade, a character in the 2009 American comedy film ''

The Hangover ''The Hangover'' is a 2009 American comedy film directed by Todd Phillips, and written by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore. It is the first installment in ''The Hangover'' trilogy. The film stars Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, H ...

'' *

Jade (DC Comics) Jade (Jennifer-Lynn Hayden) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. She first appeared in ''All-Star Squadron'' #25 in September 1983, created by Roy Thomas and Jerry Ordway. Since the character's creation, she ha ...

, a DC Comics superheroine * Jade (''Beyond Good & Evil''), main protagonist of the video game ''Beyond Good & Evil'' * Jade (''Mortal Kombat''), in the ''Mortal Kombat'' video game series * Jade/The Indigo Child, in the ''Fahrenheit'' (a.k.a. ''Indigo Prophecy'') video game * Jade (''El Clon''), in the Telemundo television series ''El Clon'' * Jade Chan, Jackie's niece in the animated TV series ''Jackie Chan Adventures'' * Jade Mitchell, in the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'' * Jade Sutherland, in the Australian soap opera ''Home and Away'' * Jade Albright, in the British soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' *

Jade West This is a list of characters from the Nickelodeon sitcom ''Victorious''. The series centers on Tori Vega, a student of Hollywood Arts who gets into unpredictable situations with her friends. ''Victorious'' was created by Dan Schneider, who also ...

, a main character in the American TV sitcom series ''Victorious'' * Jade, a character in the ''Shadow Raiders'' TV series * Jade (''Kinnikuman''), in the manga and anime series ''Ultimate Muscle'' * Jade, in the manga series ''

Land of the Lustrous is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by . It was published by Kodansha in ''Monthly Afternoon'' magazine from October 2012 to April 2024, with its chapters collected in thirteen volumes. Set in a world inhabited by Lustrous� ...

'' and the TV series based on it * Jade Curtiss, in ''

Tales of the Abyss ''Tales of the Abyss'' is an action role-playing game developed by Namco Tales Studio. It is the twelfth main title in their '' Tales'' series and was released in celebration of the series' 10th anniversary. Originally released for the PlayStat ...

'' * Jade, from '' The Prophecy of the Stones'' novel * Jade Fontaine, a character of the ''PvP'' webcomic * Jade Harley, from the ''

Homestuck ''Homestuck'' is an Internet fiction series created by American author and artist Andrew Hussie. The fourth and best-known of Hussie's four ''MS Paint Adventures'', it originally ran from April 13, 2009, to April 13, 2016. Though normally describ ...

'' webcomic * Jade Herrera, in the American science fiction horror TV series ''

From From may refer to: People *Isak From (born 1967), Swedish politician *Martin Severin From (1825–1895), Danish chess master * Sigfred From (1925–1998), Danish chess master Media * ''From'' (TV series), a sci-fi-horror series that debuted ...

'' * Jade Wilson, from the ''

Teen Titans Go! To the Movies ''Teen Titans Go! To the Movies'' is a 2018 American animated superhero comedy film featuring the DC Comics superhero team, the Teen Titans. Based on the Cartoon Network animated television series ''Teen Titans Go!'', it was produced by Warner ...

'' film * Jade Vernon, from the ''Traces'' series of books * Jade, a playable character in the video game '' Honkai: Star Rail'' * Jade, a kept man in the ''

King Crimson King Crimson were an English progressive rock band formed in London in 1968 by Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake, Ian McDonald (musician), Ian McDonald and Peter Sinfield. Guitarist Fripp remained the only constant member throughout the ...

'' song ''Cadence and Cascade'' * Jade, a character from the 2017 video game ''

Dragon Quest XI ''Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age'' is a 2017 role-playing video game developed and published by Square Enix. The eleventh entry in the ''Dragon Quest'' series, it was released in Japan for the Nintendo 3DS and PlayStation 4 in July 2 ...

'' * Jade, the namesake and mascot character of a YouTube music channel () * Jade, a character in the

Bratz Bratz is an American fashion doll and media franchise created by former Mattel employee Carter Bryant for MGA Entertainment, which debuted in 2001. The four original 10-inch (25 cm) dolls were released on May 21, 2001 — Yasmin (Latina), ...

toyline * Jade, a playable character in the video game ''

Fire Emblem Engage is a 2023 tactical role-playing game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. It is the seventeenth installment in the ''Fire Emblem'' series and follows Alear, a dragon in human form, who awakens fr ...

'' *

Mara Jade Mara Jade Skywalker is a fictional character in the ''Star Wars'' franchise. She appears in the '' Legends'' continuity as the wife of Luke Skywalker and mother of Ben Skywalker. She has been voiced by Heidi Shannon, Edie Mirman and Kath Souc ...

, in the Star Wars franchise

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