Jëd
surname · Latin script
Jëd is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Mainly U.S.: now generally used as an independent given name, this was ori- ginally a short form of the biblical name Jedidiah.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 12K(inferred from the name graph)
- AUAustralia≈1 in 13K
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 30K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 434 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 12K (inferred from the name graph)
≈26,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Philippines, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Jed in US United States, PH Philippines, GB United Kingdom and 4 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Mainly U.S.: now generally used as an independent given name, this was ori- ginally a short form of the biblical name Jedidiah. This means ‘beloved of God’ in Hebrew, and was used as an alternative name of King Solomon (2 Samuel 12:25). It was a favourite with the Puritans, who considered themselves, too, to be loved by God, but the full form fell out of favour along with other rare or un- wieldy Old Testament names. See also Ged.
Sources 2
- A concise dictionary of first names
- Deshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003)
Attested across 26 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Jëd counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈26,000 est. | ≈1 in 54K | — | Jed | 16 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈8,800 est. | ≈1 in 12K | — | Jed | 115 |
| US United States | — | 8,309 | 1 in 40K | 8.3K | Jed | 434 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈2,200 est. | ≈1 in 30K | 3 | Jed | 195 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈2,000 est. | ≈1 in 13K | 9 | Jed | 156 |
| TN Tunisia | — | ≈810 est. | ≈1 in 15K | — | Jed | 25 |
| NZ New Zealand | #872 | ≈260 est. | ≈1 in 19K | 10 | Jed | 70 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM); DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Jëd mean, and where does it come from?
- Mainly U.S.: now generally used as an independent given name, this was ori- ginally a short form of the biblical name Jedidiah. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and Deshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003).
- In which country does Jëd have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 26 thousand people named Jëd in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jed.
- How common is the name Jëd?
- In the United States, the national register counted 8,309 people named Jëd in 2020, about 1 in 40 thousand residents.
- How common is Jëd compared with other names?
- In New Zealand, Jëd is the 872nd most common given name of 26,737 given names recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jëd” — the 872nd most common given name in New Zealand. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.