Jaidon

Meaning of Jaidon

Jaidon is a contemporary unisex English name, pronounced JAY-dun (/dʒeɪˈdən/), typically regarded as a variant of Jayden, itself a modern elaboration likely rooted in the Hebrew Jadon (יָדוֹן‎) meaning “thankful” or “God has heard.” The name’s construction fuses the prefix “Jay-”—a frequent element in Anglo-American given names—with the suffix “-don,” reflecting a nominal pattern observed in late-20th-century naming innovations. Since its first recorded usages in the mid-1990s, Jaidon has exhibited a stable presence among U.S. birth registries, ranking between positions 765 and 930 over the past three decades and registering nine instances at rank 915 in 2024. This consistency underscores its alignment with broader –ayden phonetic trends while maintaining cross-gender applicability through a neutral phonotactic structure and absence of strongly gendered semantic associations—despite the “jay” element, no avian expertise is presumed of its bearers.

Pronunciation

English

• Pronunced as JAY-dun (/dʒeɪˈdən/)

• Jaden
• Jaiden
• Jayden
• Jaydon
• Jadon
• Jaydan
• Jaydin