Hunter-Jay
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HUN-ter-JAY
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
Hunter-Jay is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “hunter + jay (the bird)”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies).
What does Hunter-Jay mean?
English: Hunter + Jay
“hunter + jay (the bird)”
Joins Hunter (English, “hunter”) and Jay (English, “jay (the bird)”).
Meanings borrowed from Hunter and Jay.
Is Hunter-Jay a girl's or a boy's name?
Hunter-Jay is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hunter-Jay in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,747th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Hunter-Jay, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2019, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Hunter-Jay in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Hunter-Jay in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
Names like Hunter-Jay
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
River, Hudson, Oakley, Hunter, Rory, Theodore, Chester, Sonny, Tommy, Remy, Elias, Henry
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter
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, “Hunter-Jay: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hunter-jay, updated 20 October 2026.