As cool as the green stone said to transmit wisdom, clarity, justice, courage, and modesty, Jade has been rising in popularity since Mick and Bianca Jagger chose it for their daughter in 1971.

The first name Jade is derived from the ornamental stone jade, which comes itself from the Spanish "piedra de ijada", which means "stone of the colic." There was a belief that when jade was placed on the stomach, it could cure colic in babies.

The name Jade is used to a great extent; it has 33 forms that are used in English and foreign languages. English forms of the name include Jada, Jadah, Jadea, Jadeana, Jadeann, Jadee, Jaden, Jadene, Jadera, Jadienne, Jadine, Jadira, Jadrian, Jadrienne, Jady, Jadyn, Jaed, Jaeda, Jaedyn, Jaid, Jaida, Jaiden, Jaidyn, Jayda, Jaydea, Jaydee and Jayden. Other English forms include the familiar form Jadie, and the spelling variants Jaide, and Giada and the Scandinavian Jadzia.