# Jaya

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #34,552

## Definitions
1. A female given name from Sanskrit.
2. One of the demigod gatekeepers (the other being Vijaya) of the abode of Vishnu.
3. The twenty-seventh year of the 60-year cycle of the Tamil calendar.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit जय (jaya, literally “victory”).

## Easily confused with
- **joy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jaya-vs-joy)
- **Jia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jaya-vs-jia)
- **jazz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jaya-vs-jazz)
- **jays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jaya-vs-jays)
- **joys** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jaya-vs-joys)
- **Jena** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jaya-vs-jena)
- **juba** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jaya-vs-juba)
- **Jura** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jaya-vs-jura)
- **Jayne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jaya-vs-jayne)
- **Juana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jaya-vs-juana)
- **JA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ja-vs-jaya)
- **Jan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jan-vs-jaya)
- **jay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jay-vs-jaya)
- **jam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jam-vs-jaya)
- **jaw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jaw-vs-jaya)
- **jar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jar-vs-jaya)
- **Jai** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jai-vs-jaya)
- **jab** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jab-vs-jaya)
- **Jax** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jax-vs-jaya)
- **jag** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jag-vs-jaya)

## Common misspellings (3)
`jayya`, `jjaya`, `jyaa`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/jaya