Jaden is an English unisex given name with roots in

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, meaning "God has heard." It is also found as a surname.

Notable people with the name "Jaden" include

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 *

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 * Jaden Charles (born 2002), English footballer * Jaden Eikermann (born 2005), German diver * Jaden Hair, American food blogger *

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 *

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 * Jaden Hendrikse (born 2000), South African rugby union footballer * Jaden Hill (born 1999), American baseball player *

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 * Jaden Leach (born 1992), American beauty pageant titleholder *

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 * Jaden McGrath (born 1996), Australian rules footballer * Jaden McNeil (born 1999), American activist * Jaden Michael (born 2003), American actor * Jaden Michaels (born 1992), American musician * Jaden Montnor (born 2002), Dutch footballer * Jaden Philogene-Bidace (born 2002), English footballer *

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 * Jaden Servania (born 2001), Puerto Rican footballer * Jaden Shackelford (born 2001), American basketball player *

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 *

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

* Jaden Korr, main character in the video game ''Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy'' *

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

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

References

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