I have been obsessed lately with the name [name_u]JAI[/name_u]. An actor I have grown fond of is named [name_u]Jai[/name_u] and the more I hear it the more attracted to the name I become. I do, however, have some reservations about it. The first time is the pronunciation. Actor [name_u]Jai[/name_u] [name_u]Courtney[/name_u] pronounced his name as Juh-I. I have seen this name used on a nicknames page pronounced like [name_u]Jay[/name_u]. My second thing is the length of the name in question. Short names usually do not appeal to me, and my husband doesn’t like using nicknames for first names. I am not into [name_u]Jaiden[/name_u] or [name_f]Jaylyn[/name_f] type names, but I am searching High and low for a longer name that I can potentially shorten to [name_u]Jai[/name_u] as a nickname. Any ideas on names I can use? Honestly this kid might be named after his daddy with [name_u]Jai[/name_u] as a middle and I’ll just call him [name_u]Jai[/name_u]
[name_u]James[/name_u]–>[name_u]Jamie[/name_u]–>[name_u]Jai[/name_u]?
I know a few [name_u]Jai[/name_u]'s (teens to mid-30s). All pronounced to rhyme with pie/sky/I. Maybe it’s more common here (Australia). I’ve never heard it pronounced like [name_u]Jay[/name_u] and I’ve never heard [name_u]Jai[/name_u] or [name_u]Jay[/name_u] as nicknames ([name_m]Jason[/name_m] would usually be [name_m]Jase[/name_m] here. Some people whose names start with J might go by J, I guess).
I agree that it’s probably more common here in Australia.
I have known at least 5 [name_u]Jai[/name_u]'s, all have been pronounced to rhyme with pie. Some have been spelled as Jy or Jye as well, but [name_u]Jai[/name_u] seems the most straightforward. Again, they have always been their full name, not a nickname.
I’m from [name_f]Scotland[/name_f], and would pronounce [name_u]Jai[/name_u] to rhyme with pie also.
I believe (I could be wrong), that its a Hindi name?
[name_u]Jai[/name_u] is from Sanskrit. It means victory.
My husband and I are a mixed couple (Caucasian and [name_f]Indian[/name_f]), and we named our son [name_m]Jaison[/name_m] (pronounced like [name_m]Jason[/name_m], but with the Sanskrit spelling to tie the heritages together). Occasionally my husband will pronounce it Ja eh sun, which is closer to the pronunication in Hindi.
[name_u]Jai[/name_u] is from Sanskrit. It means victory.
My husband and I are a mixed couple (Caucasian and [name_f]Indian[/name_f]), and we named our son [name_m]Jaison[/name_m] (pronounced like [name_m]Jason[/name_m], but with the Sanskrit spelling to tie the heritages together). Occasionally my husband will pronounce it [name_u]Jay[/name_u] eh sun, which is closer to the pronunciation in Hindi.