"Jade" meaning in English

See Jade in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Jades [plural]
Etymology: From the precious stone jade; taken into general use in the 1970s. Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Jade (plural Jades)
  1. A female given name from English. Derived forms: Jade Goody effect Translations (female given name): Jade (Afrikaans), Jade (Cebuano), 傑德 /杰德 (Jiédé) (Chinese Mandarin), Jade (Finnish), Jade (French), Giada (Italian), ジェイド (Jeido) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-Jade-en-name-2onTjvcs Categories (other): English female given names, English given names, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Cebuano translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 5 5 11 5 36 29 1 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 4 11 4 34 28 1 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Forms: Jades [plural]
Head templates: {{en-proper-noun|s}} Jade (plural Jades)
  1. A surname
    Sense id: en-Jade-en-name-iong5iVh Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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