Jayson is a masculine given name.
Notable people with the name include
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Jayson Adair
Jay Adair (born 1969/1970) is an American billionaire businessman, and the chief executive officer (CEO) of Copart, a car salvage company founded by his father-in-law, Willis Johnson.
Adair started at Copart as a manager in 1989 at the age of 1 ...
(born 1969/1970), American businessman
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Jayson P. Ahern, American civil servant
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Jayson Aquino (born 1992), Dominican baseball player
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Jayson Biacan (born 1979), American corporate gangsta
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Jayson Blair (actor)
Jayson Blair (born May 17, 1983) is an American actor. He has appeared in many films and television series, including being a cast member of the sitcoms ''The Hard Times of RJ Berger'' (2010–2011) and '' The New Normal'' (2012–2013).
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(born 1984), American actor
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Jayson Breitenbach (born 1998), German footballer
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Jayson Bukuya (born 1989), Fijian rugby league player
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Jayson Castro
Jayson Castro William (born June 30, 1986) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the TNT Tropang Giga of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). His moniker is "The Blur" for his speed.
He played for the Philippine Christian Un ...
(born 1986), Filipino basketball player
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Jayson Daniels (born 1971), Australian rules footballer
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Jayson Dénommée (born 1977), Canadian figure skater
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Jayson DiManche (born 1990), Haitian-American football player
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Jayson Durocher (born 1974), American baseball player
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Jayson Foster
Jayson D. Foster (born July 22, 1985) is a former American football wide receiver. He was signed by the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He played college football at Georgia Southern and was the 2007 Walter Payton Award win ...
(born 1985), American football player
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Jayson Gaignard
Jayson Gaignard is a Canadian entrepreneur, networking specialist, and author who founded MastermindTalks, an invitation-only conference for entrepreneurs, in 2013.Corcoran, Joh25 Professional Networking Experts to Watch in 2015''Forbes.'' Dec ...
, Canadian entrepreneur
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Jayson Gee
Jayson Gee (born December 13, 1965) is an American men's college basketball coach who most recently served as an assistant coach under John Brannen at Cincinnati. He was formerly head coach at Longwood from 2013–2018. Prior to Longwood, Gee se ...
(born 1965), American basketball coach
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Jayson Gillham (born 1986), Australian pianist
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Jayson Gonzales (born 1969), Filipino chess grandmaster
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Jayson Granger
Jayson Antonie Granger Amodio (born September 15, 1989) is a Uruguayan professional basketball player who last played for Reyer Venezia of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). Listed at a height of 6'2" (1.89 m) tall without shoes, and 200& ...
(born 1989), Uruguayan basketball player
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Jayson Greene (born 1981/1982), American author
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Jayson Hale (born 1985), American snowboarder
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(1965–2017), Australian lawyer and politician
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Jayson Jablonsky (born 1985), American volleyball player
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Jayson Jones (born 1977), German-Belizean runner
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Jayson Keeling (born 1966), American artist
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Jayson King
Jayson King in an American college baseball coach, currently serving as head coach of the Dayton Flyers baseball program. He was previously the long-time head coach of the Franklin Pierce College Ravens. In 1998, King managed the Bourne Braves, ...
, American baseball coach
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Jayson Leutwiler
Jayson William Leutwiler (born 25 April 1989) is a professional football player who plays as a goalkeeper for National League club Oldham Athletic and the Canada national team.
A product of the FC Basel academy, he was loaned to several other ...
(born 1989), Swiss footballer
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Jayson Lilley (born 1972), British artist
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Jayson Love, American entertainer
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Jayson Lusk
Jayson Lusk (born 1974) is an economist, Distinguished Professor and Department Head in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Purdue University. He authors books and articles related to contemporary food policy issues.
Education and car ...
(born 1974), American economist
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Jayson Megna
Jayson Megna (born February 1, 1990) is an American professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Megna was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, but grew up in Northbrook, Illinois.
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(born 1990), American ice hockey player
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Jayson Mena (born 1992), Chilean footballer
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Jayson Molumby (born 1999), Irish footballer
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Jayson More (born 1969), Canadian ice hockey player
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Jayson Musson (born 1977), American artist
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Jayson Nix (born 1982), American baseball player
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Jayson Obazuaye (born 1984), Nigerian basketball player
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Jayson Palmgren
Jayson Palmgren (born April 11, 1989) is an American football offensive lineman for the Iowa Barnstormers of the Indoor Football League (IFL). He played college football at University of Missouri and attended North Kansas City High School in Nort ...
(born 1989), American football player
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Jayson Papeau
Jayson Papeau (born 14 June 1996) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Qatar Stars League club Al-Markhiya.
Career
On 2 January 2020, Papeau signed on loan with FC Chambly from Amiens. On 10 January 2020, he made ...
(born 1996), French footballer
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Jayson Patino
Jayson Patino (born July 30, 1983) is an American Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioner who holds a black belt under Ricardo Liborio of American Top Team. He is known for his competitive achievements in FILA Pankration Submission, ADCC, IBJJF, and other ...
(born 1983), American Jiu Jitsu practitioner
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Jayson Potroz
Jayson Potroz (born 26 November 1991) is a New Zealand rugby union player. He plays at fullback in the Mitre 10 Cup for Taranaki. He also plays for the New England Free Jacks in Major League Rugby
Major League Rugby (MLR or USMLR) is a ...
(born 1991), New Zealand rugby union footballer
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Jayson Rego, American rugby league footballer
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Jayson Shaw
Jayson Shaw (born 13 September 1990 in Glasgow) is a Scottish pool player. In 2010, Shaw was a WPA World Blackball Champion. In 2016, Shaw won the 25th International Challenge of Champions event.
Shaw also appeared representing Europe at the Mo ...
(born 1988), Scottish pool player
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Jayson Sherlock
Jayson Sherlock (born 1970) is a Christian metal musician from Australia. He began his career in the Australian death metal band Mortification, which was considered to be a major pioneer in the genre. Sherlock was the founder of the one-man pro ...
(born 1970), Australian drummer
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Jayson Warner Smith
Jayson Warner Smith is an American actor who began his career in 2010 and is known for portraying Gavin in the television series '' The Walking Dead''. He is also known for his role in '' Rectify'' as Wendall Jelks and as Cooper in '' The Vampir ...
(born 1985), American actor
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Jayson Stanley (born 1997), American football player
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Jayson Stark
Jayson Stark (born July 19, 1951) is an American sportswriter and author who covers baseball for '' The Athletic''. He is most known for his time with '' The Philadelphia Inquirer'' and ESPN.
Biography
Stark grew up in Northeast Philadelphia ...
(born 1951), American sportswriter
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Jayson Swain
Jayson Swain (born July 27, 1984) is a former American football wide receiver in the NFL and currently a host on his radio shoThe Swain Eventwhich was named Best of the Best bCityview Magazine in 2018..
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Swain was born in Chicago, I ...
(born 1984), American football player
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Jayson Tatum
Jayson Christopher Tatum Sr. (; born March 3, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A McDonald's All-American in high school in Missouri, he played college baske ...
(born 1998), American basketball player
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Jayson Terdiman (born 1988), American luger
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Jayson Thiessen (born 1976), Canadian animator
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Jayson Timatua (born 1998), Vanuatuan footballer
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Jayson Trommel
Jayson Trommel (born 21 August 1982) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a defender.
Career
Prior to joining the Sparta Rotterdam youth academy, Trommel played for local club VV Spijkenisse. He made his professional debut on ...
(born 1982), Dutch footballer
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Jayson Uribe
Jayson Uribe (born March 27, 1999, in Bellevue, Washington) is an American motorcycle racer from Napa Valley, California.
Early career
Uribe began his motorcycle racing career at age 4 aboard a Honda 50. He advanced to a two stroke Kawasaki ...
(born 1999), American motorcycle racer
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Jayson Vélez (born 1988), Puerto Rican boxer
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Jayson Vemoa
Jayson Vemoa is the President of the Japan Niue Friendship Association based in Tokyo and has served as an Honorary Consul and Special Envoy to Niue in Japan. He is a former two time Muay Thai World Champion kickboxer from New Zealand of Niue a ...
(born 1971), New Zealand kick-boxer
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Jayson Wells
Jayson Donald Edward Wells (born December 22, 1976) is a retired American basketball player. He won titles in the Finnish, Ukrainian, and Israeli leagues. He was named to four All-League teams during his professional career. In 2003-04 he was t ...
(born 1976), American basketball player
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Jayson Werth
Jayson Richard Gowan Werth (born May 20, 1979) is an American former professional baseball outfielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2002 to 2017. His 15-season career was split among the Toronto Blue Jays, Los Angeles Dodgers, P ...
(born 1979), American baseball player
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Jayson Williams
Jayson Williams (born February 22, 1968) is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 11 seasons, primarily with the New Jersey Nets. He played his first three seasons with the ...
(born 1968), American basketball player
See also
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Jason (given name)
Jason is a common masculine given name. It comes from Greek (), meaning "healer", from the verb (), "heal", "cure", cognate with (), the goddess of healing, and (), "healer", "physician". Forms of related words have been attested in Greek f ...
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