Entry № 1147 · Hebrew, Spanish origin

Jada Jada — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ JAY-dah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew, Spanish
Meaning
"Wise / jade (Jada Pinkett Smith, Matrix Reloaded; Red Table Talk)"
Syllables
2
Rank · US 2025
№ 400
First recorded
Ancient (Hebrew)

A name that means "wise / jade (jada pinkett smith, matrix reloaded; red table talk)".

Jada is from the Hebrew *Yadah* ("he knows, wise") — mentioned in 1 Chronicles 2:28 — also from the Spanish word for the green jade stone. **A top-100 US baby name from 2002 to 2010, peaking at #75 in 2003**. **Jada Pinkett Smith (born 1971)** — **American actress, talk-show host, and businesswoman; star of *Set It Off* (1996), *The Nutty Professor* (1996), *Ali* (2001), *The Matrix Reloaded* and *The Matrix Revolutions* (2003, as Niobe — the first prominent Black woman action lead in a major Hollywood sci-fi franchise)**. **Created and hosted Facebook Watch's *Red Table Talk* (2018-2023) — multigenerational conversations with her daughter Willow and mother Adrienne; won three Daytime Emmy Awards**. **Married to Will Smith since 1997 (separated 2016 but still legally married 2024)**. **Co-founded the Will and Jada Smith Family Foundation**. **Memoir *Worthy* (2023) — *New York Times* bestseller**. **Jada Toys** (toy car manufacturer) — different. **Jada Stevens** — American educator.

Featured throughout 1990s-2020s American culture.

Wise / jade. Niobe in The Matrix Reloaded — the first Black woman action lead in a major sci-fi franchise.

The name in its native script.

יָדָע
Transliteration
Yāḏāʿ
Pronunciation
/ ˈdʒeɪ.də /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Jada stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 400 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 75 in 2003
Babies named Jada · last year
770 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
1995
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · #75 NOW · #400

Jadas before her.

Real people
Jada Pinkett Smith
American actress and producer.
born 1971
In fiction
Niobe
The Matrix Reloaded.
2003

Names connected to Jada.

The number behind Jada.

2

The Diplomat

Jada reduces to two — the number of wise.

Why families chose this name.

"Pinkett's wise. Four letters. Jada."
Eleanor · Mother of one · Baltimore