Oscar-Jay
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- OS-ka-JAY
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Oscar-Jay is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “deer lover + jay (the bird)”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Oscar-Jay mean?
Irish: Oscar + Jay
“deer lover + jay (the bird)”
Joins Oscar (Irish, “deer lover”) and Jay (English, “jay (the bird)”).
Meanings borrowed from Oscar and Jay.
Is Oscar-Jay a girl's or a boy's name?
Oscar-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 Oscar-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 Oscar-Jay, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2015, with 6 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Oscar-Jay in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
Names like Oscar-Jay
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brody, Finn, Conan, Kody, Callan, Rowan, Cody, Ronan, Casey, Cillian, Oscar, Caelan
More Irish names
Rory, Maeve, Aiden, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Orla, Erin, Connor, Declan, Kennedy, Lennon, Kevin, Kian, Sloane, Aidan
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, “Oscar-Jay: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/oscar-jay, updated 20 October 2026.