Jaden is an English unisex
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...
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 (born 1999), English footballer
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Jaden Casella
Jaden Casella (born 10 March 2000) is an Australian professional footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American f ...
(born 2000), Australian footballer
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Jaden Charles (born 2002), English footballer
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Jaden Eikermann (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 (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 (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. He attended Federal Way ...
(born 2000), American basketball player
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Jaden McGrath (born 1996), Australian rules footballer
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Jaden McNeil (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 (born 1992), American musician
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Jaden Montnor
Jaden Sean Montnor (born 9 August 2002) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward for Austrian club St. Pölten.
Club career
Having moved to Austria to sign for St. Pölten in 2021, Montnor's career got off to a strong start, sc ...
(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 D ...
(born 1992), Canadian ice hockey player
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Jaden Servania
Jaden Servania (born July 16, 2001) is a Puerto Rico, Puerto Rican association football, 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 Alab ...
(born 2001), Puerto Rican footballer
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Jaden Shackelford (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 Artist ...
(born 1998), American rapper
Fictional characters
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Jaden Korr, 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
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: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 p ...
, 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 bu ...
, a page for the Hebrew name "Jadon"
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Jayden, a page for people with the given name "Jayden"
References
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English masculine given names