Jade

Jade meaning

Jade is an international girl's name of Spanish origin (via French).

Jade, a hard green stone ('stone of the side', Spanish ijada)

Also used to mean: green gemstone, precious stone

Jade is the name of the hard green stone prized for carvings and jewellery. Webster's 1913 dictionary traces the word through French to the Spanish piedra de ijada, "stone of the side", because it was once believed to cure pains in the side, from Latin ilia, "the flanks". The dictionary describes it as a very hard, compact stone, usually pale to dark green, that takes a fine polish, and notes that two minerals share the name, nephrite and jadeite. It has long been used for ornaments, especially in Eastern countries. As a girl's name it is short, modern and easy for Indian families to say.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), s.v. Jade (n.) · entry jade · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026

References: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), Jade

Popularity abroad

• #95 United States, girls 2025 (down 11 from 84 in 2024)
  US Social Security Administration
• #747 England and Wales, girls 2025
  Office for National Statistics

Official birth registrations. India publishes no national name statistics.

Spellings

Jade · Jayde · Jaide

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