Jadis
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- JAY-dis
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Jadis is a name of French origin, meaning “long ago, formerly”. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Jadis mean?
French: French word jadis 'long ago'; best known from C. S. Lewis
“long ago, formerly”
Jadis is the White Witch who rules Narnia in C. S. Lewis's The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
Is Jadis a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Jadis has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US.
How popular is Jadis in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,858th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Jadis, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2007, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Jadis in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jadis in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,517 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 22 | #6,089 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
Names like Jadis
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jaliyah, Salem, Safa, Aaliyah, Zainab, Zaniyah, Kaliyah, Zayla, Hadassah, Zaya, Selah, Salma
Names related to Jadis
More French names
Eleanor, Beau, Esme, Darcie, Darcy, Genevieve, Amy, Esmae, Arleth, Elle, Russell, Monty, Mallory, Percy, Lacey, Belle
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jadis: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jadis, updated 20 October 2026.