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Arthur-Jay

Gender
Boy
Say it
AR-thur-JAY
Origin
Celtic
UK rank, 2025
#5,065 for boys

Arthur-Jay is a boys' name of Celtic origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).

What does Arthur-Jay mean?

Celtic: Arthur + Jay

Joins Arthur (Celtic) and Jay (English, “jay (the bird)”).

Meanings borrowed from Arthur and Jay.

Is Arthur-Jay a girl's or a boy's name?

Arthur-Jay is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Arthur-Jay in the UK?

Rank in 2025
5,065th among boys
Babies in 2025
3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
Five-year trend
Too rare to call too few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Arthur-Jay, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2018, with 6 boys.

Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.

2018Busiest: 6 in 20182025
Arthur-Jay in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20253#5,065
20244#4,346
20230–
20223#5,017
20210–
20200–
20190–
20186#3,162

Names like Arthur-Jay

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

More Celtic names

Every Celtic name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Arthur-Jay: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/arthur-jay, updated 20 October 2026.