Jaden is an English unisex
given name with roots in
Hebrew
Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...
, meaning "God has heard."
It is also found as a surname.
Notable people with the name "Jaden" include
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Jaden Brown
Jaden Brown (born 24 January 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Sheffield Wednesday.
Career Early career
Brown signed to the Tottenham Hotspur youth academy in July 2015. At the beginning of the 2019 trans ...
(born 1999), English footballer
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Jaden Casella
Jaden Casella (born 10 March 2000) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Rockdale Ilinden
Rockdale Ilinden Football Club (formerly known as the Rockdale City Suns Football Club from 1992 to 2020) is an Australia ...
(born 2000), Australian footballer
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Jaden Charles
Jaden Charles (born 25 January 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Nuneaton Borough. He is the son of former England international Gary Charles. He previously played youth-team football for Derby County, where he won ...
(born 2002), English footballer
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Jaden Eikermann
Jaden Shiloh Eikermann Gregorchuk (born 14 February 2005) is a German diver.
He represented his country at the 2021 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo finishing 21st in the qualification.
References
2005 births
Living people
People from ...
(born 2005), German diver
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Jaden Hair, American food blogger
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Jaden Hardy
Jaden Hardy (born July 5, 2002) is an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was a consensus five-star recruit and one of the top players in the 2021 class.
Early life a ...
(born 2002), American basketball player
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Jaden Hatwell
Jaden Hatwell (born 1 December 1977) is a New Zealand cricketer. He played in three first-class and nine List A matches for Northern Districts from 2001 to 2004.
See also
* List of Northern Districts representative cricketers
This is a li ...
(born 1977), New Zealand cricketer
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Jaden Hendrikse (born 2000), South African rugby union footballer
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Jaden Hill (born 1999), American baseball player
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Jaden Ivey
Jaden Edward Dhananjay Ivey (born February 13, 2002) is an American professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Purdue Boilermakers.
Early life and high ...
(born 2002), American basketball player
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Jaden Leach
Jaden Natalie Leach (born March 16, 1992) is an American beauty pageant titleholder from West Monroe, Louisiana who was named Miss Louisiana 2013.
Biography
She won the title of Miss Louisiana on June 29, 2013, when she received her crown from ou ...
(born 1992), American beauty pageant titleholder
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Jaden McDaniels
Jaden McDaniels (born September 29, 2000) is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Washington Huskies men's basketball, Washin ...
(born 2000), American basketball player
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Jaden McGrath
Jaden McGrath is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL). He made his AFL debut in round 1, 2015 against at the Gabba
The Brisbane Cricket Ground, commo ...
(born 1996), Australian rules footballer
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Jaden McNeil
Jaden Patrick McNeil (born May 17, 1999) is an American white nationalist and far-right live-streamer. In 2021, the Anti-Defamation League described McNeil as an "America First" Groyper. He is most notable for being the former Turning Point USA c ...
(born 1999), American activist
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Jaden Michael
Jaden Michael is an American actor and model. He is known for portraying young Colin Kaepernick in the ''coming-of-age'' web series ''Colin in Black & White'' (2021), which follows Kaepernick's early years.
Early life and education
Michael was ...
(born 2003), American actor
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Jaden Michaels
Jaden Michaels (born October 16, 1990) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. In her career as a songwriter, she has collaborated with some of pop music's biggest stars, including Jennifer Lopez, Demi Lovato, Carly Rae Jepsen, Jessic ...
(born 1992), American musician
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Jaden Montnor (born 2002), Dutch footballer
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Jaden Philogene-Bidace
Jaden Philogene-Bidace (born 8 February 2002), known as Jaden Philogene, is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for EFL Championship side Cardiff City, on loan from Aston Villa. He is a product of the Aston Villa Academy and ...
(born 2002), English footballer
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Jaden Schwartz
Jaden Schwartz (born June 25, 1992) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player and alternate captain for the Seattle Kraken of the National Hockey League (NHL). Schwartz was selected 14th overall by the St. Louis Blues in the 2010 NHL Entry Dra ...
(born 1992), Canadian ice hockey player
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Jaden Servania
Jaden Servania (born July 16, 2001) is a Puerto Rican footballer who plays for North Carolina FC in USL League One and the Puerto Rico national football team.
Career Youth
Servania moved from his native Alabama to join the FC Dallas academy ...
(born 2001), Puerto Rican footballer
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Jaden Shackelford
Jaden Shackelford (born February 14, 2001) is an American professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Blue of the NBA G League. He previously played for the Alabama Crimson Tide.
High school career
In his first two years of high school, ...
(born 2001), American basketball player
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Jaden Springer
Jaden Tyree Springer (born September 25, 2002) is an American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Tennessee Volunteers.
Early life and high s ...
(born 2002), American basketball player
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Jaden Smith
Jaden Christopher Syre Smith (born July 8, 1998), also known mononymously as Jaden, is an American rapper, singer, and actor. He has received various accolades, including a Teen Choice Award, an MTV Movie Award, a BET Award and a Young Ar ...
(born 1998), American rapper
Fictional characters
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Jaden Korr
This is an incomplete list of characters from the ''Star Wars'' expanded universe, now rebranded ''Star Wars Legends''. The accompanying works were declared non-canon to the ''Star Wars'' franchise by Lucasfilm in 2014.
This list applies ''on ...
, main character in the video game ''Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy''
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Jaden Yuki
This is the list of characters in the ''Yu-Gi-Oh! GX'' animated series. The official English anime and the English manga by VIZ Media have changed character names.
Main characters
;
:
:The main protagonist of the series. He is described as an e ...
, main character in the anime series Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
Surname
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Aggrey Jaden
Aggrey Jaden Ladu (1924, 1927, or 1928 — 1985 or 1987) was a South Sudanese politician,
Biography
Aggrey Jaden Ladu is from the Pojulu ethnic group, known for promoting the independence of South Sudan from Sudan.
He was born in Loka village ...
(1928–1987), South Sudanese politician
See also
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Jade (given name)
Jade is a given name derived from the ornamental stone jade, which is used in artwork and in jewellery-making. The name is derived from the Spanish ''piedra de la ijada'', which means "stone of the bowels." There was a belief that when jade was ...
, a page for people with the given name "Jade"
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Jadon
Jadon is a Hebrew name meaning "God has heard," "thankful" (according to Strong's Concordance), "a judge," or "whom God has judged" and the name of two characters in biblical history.
Jadon the Meronothite
Jadon the Meronothite was one of the b ...
, a page for the Hebrew name "Jadon"
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Jayden
Jayden, Jadin, Jadyn, Jaiden, Jaden, and (among other variations) are Unisex given names that were rather obscure until the 1990s, when they began to appear on the U.S. Social Security Administration's list of the 1,000 most popular boys' names. ...
, a page for people with the given name "Jayden"
References
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English masculine given names