Ja

Featured in baby name books

Ja is given as African for “magnetic” and Indian for “one who is attractive.” Ja is also listed as a Hawaiian name meaning “fiery.”

Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With

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Usage of Ja in different languages / cultures

The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Ja against each list of names.

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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Ja is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.

Ja in official name statistics

United States

In 2025, 6 boys were named Ja, making it the #10695 boys' name in the US. Since 1971, 305 boys have been named Ja, with the most (20) in 1999.

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Fewer than 5 girls were named Ja in the US in 2025. Since 1957, 136 girls have been named Ja, with the most (14) in 2000.

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Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.

Towns named Ja

There are 681 towns and villages with Ja in their name, in 27 countries.

🇾🇪 Yemen 235🇮🇷 Iran 234🇮🇶 Iraq 42🇦🇫 Afghanistan 21🇪🇬 Egypt 17🇵🇰 Pakistan 16🇸🇾 Syria 16🇺🇿 Uzbekistan 15

Ja Ela, Western Province, Sri Lanka · population 32,175 · View larger map

Name	Where	Population
Ja Ela	Western Province, 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	32,175	Map
Ja‘farīyeh	Qom Province, 🇮🇷 Iran	9,387	Map
Ja‘farābād	Ardabil Province, 🇮🇷 Iran	7,226	Map
Jā’īnak	Bushehr, 🇮🇷 Iran	2,387	Map
Ja Shīrān	West Azerbaijan, 🇮🇷 Iran	306	Map
Tey Já	San Luis Potosí, 🇲🇽 Mexico	116	Map
Hual Ja	San Luis Potosí, 🇲🇽 Mexico	75	Map
Yut'Já	Chiapas, 🇲🇽 Mexico	66	Map
Jet Já	Chiapas, 🇲🇽 Mexico	42	Map
Ja‘dab	Şa‘dah, 🇾🇪 Yemen	28	Map

Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.

Lakes named Ja

There are 7 lakes and reservoirs with Ja in their name, in 6 countries.

🇮🇷 Iran 2🇨🇦 Canada 1🇪🇬 Egypt 1🇫🇮 Finland 1🇺🇸 United States 1🇻🇳 Vietnam 1

Name	Where
Aunen Ja Unton Lampi	Lapland, 🇫🇮 Finland	Map
Buḩayrat al Ja‘‘ār	Beheira, 🇪🇬 Egypt	Map
Hồ Jông Ja	Dak Lak, 🇻🇳 Vietnam	Map
Jàł K'ìt Gwàndē	Yukon, 🇨🇦 Canada	Map
Lake Ja-Ha	Missouri, 🇺🇸 United States	Map
Shūrehzār-e Ja‘far Qolī	Kerman, 🇮🇷 Iran	Map
Ḩowẕ-e Ja‘far	Razavi Khorasan, 🇮🇷 Iran	Map

Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.

Ja songs

223 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Ja in their title. The best known:

Fighting Pose wa Date ja Nai! – Berryz Kobo (2004)
Jas ja imam silata – Damjan Pejčinoski (2010)
Qadam Qadam Badaye Ja – Ram Singh Thakur (1942)
Ja, må du leva! – Therese Grankvist
To nie ja! – Edyta Górniak (1994)
Ja sam rođen tamo na salašu
Sexy Cat no Enzetsu / Mukidashi de Mukiatte / Sō ja Nai – Tsunku (2016)
Ja sam za ples (1987)
Kimi to Koi no Mama de Owarenai Itsumo Yume no Mama ja Irarenai – Mai Kuraki (2019)
Sage Ja! – Unheilig (2000)

Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.

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