Jayden, Jadin, Jadyn, Jaiden, and Jaden are unisex given names that were rather obscure until the 1990s, when they began to appear on the U.S. Social Security Administration's list of the 1,000 most popular boys' names. A name likely of modern invention, Jayden's rank among boys in the United States was 26 as of 2017, though it peaked at number 4 in 2011.
The Jamaica women's national football team, nicknamed the "Reggae Girlz", represents Jamaica in international women's football. They are one of the top women's national football teams in the Caribbean region along with Trinidad and Tobago and Haiti. In 2008, the team was disbanded after it failed to get out of the group stage of Olympic Qualifying, which notably featured the United States and Mexico. The program was restarted in 2014 after a nearly six-year hiatus, finishing second at the 2014 Women's Caribbean Cup after losing 1–0 against Trinidad and Tobago in the final. The team is backed by ambassador Cedella Marley, the daughter of Bob Marley; she helps raise awareness for the team, encourages development, and provides for it financially. Jamaica qualified for the FIFA Women's World Cup for the first time in 2019, but the team was eliminated after losing all its matches in the group stage. At the 2023 World Cup Jamaica made the Round of 16 for the first time, after holding both France and Brazil to 0–0 draws and winning their first ever match at a World Cup against Panama 1–0.
Demar Constantine Phillips is a Jamaican former footballer who played as a left wingback.
Jadyn Douglas is a Puerto Rican singer. At the age of seventeen, she was signed to EMI and later to Universal Motown in 2008, releasing a few singles to little commercial success. Douglas then started a country-pop trio with her sister (Jaclyn) and brother-in-law (Blake) in 2014 called Arten Way.
Stafanie Roxann Taylor is a Jamaican cricketer who is a former captain of the West Indies women's cricket team. She has represented them over 250 times since her debut in 2008. A right-handed batter and off break bowler, Taylor was selected as the 2011 ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year – the first West Indian to receive the accolade. She was also the first woman to score 1,000 runs in ODIs for the West Indies. She plays domestic cricket for Jamaica and Guyana Amazon Warriors and has previously played for Auckland, Sydney Thunder, Adelaide Strikers, Western Storm, Southern Vipers, Southern Brave and Trailblazers.
Carrie Russell is a Jamaican track and field sprinter and bobsledder. She competed in the 4x100 metres relay event at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics, winning a gold medal. She is from the parish of St. Thomas. She attended the St. Thomas Technical High School. She was also the bronze medallist at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics.
Natasha Yannick McLean is a Jamaican cricketer who plays as a wicket-keeper and right-handed batter. In October 2018, she was named in the West Indies squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies. In July 2019, Cricket West Indies awarded her with a central contract for the first time, ahead of the 2019–20 season. She plays domestic cricket for Jamaica and Trinbago Knight Riders.
Jadyn Wong is a Canadian actress, best known for playing mechanical prodigy Happy Quinn on the CBS show Scorpion.
Shakira Duncan is a Jamaican footballer who plays as a forward for Israeli club Maccabi Holon FC and the Jamaica women's national team.
Peter Matthews is a Jamaican sprinter specialising in the 400 metres. He is an Olympic silver medalist as a member of the Jamaican 4 × 400 m relay team in Rio. He competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing reaching the semifinals. In addition, he won the silver medal at the 2011 Summer Universiade.
Cheyna Lee Matthews is a former professional footballer who played as a forward. Born in the United States, she represented Jamaica internationally.
The Barbados women's national cricket team is the women's representative cricket team of the country of Barbados. They compete in the Women's Super50 Cup and the Twenty20 Blaze. They have won five Super50 Cup titles and three Twenty20 Blaze titles.
The 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship was the 9th edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONCACAF for the women's under-20 national teams of the North, Central American and Caribbean region. The tournament was hosted by Trinidad and Tobago and took place between 18–28 January 2018, as announced by CONCACAF on 31 October 2017. A total of eight teams played in the tournament.
Briana Nichole Williams is an American-born sprinter competing for Jamaica in the 100 metres and 200 metres. She became the youngest athlete to win the women's 100 metres and 200 metres double at the 2018 World Under-20 Championships in Tampere at age 16.
Chantelle Monique Swaby is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Women's Super League club Leicester City. Born in the United States, she represents Jamaica internationally.
Giselle Monne Washington is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Tennessee Lady Volunteers. Born in the United States, she represents Jamaica internationally.
Chanel Simone Hudson-Marks is a Canadian-born Jamaican footballer who plays as a forward for the Jamaica women's national team.
Mireya Aleshannee Delta Grey is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Seattle Sounders Women. Born in the United States, she represents Jamaica internationally.
Shayla Brianna Smart is an American-born Jamaican footballer who played as a forward for Wake Forest Demon Deacons and currently plays for the Jamaica women's national team.
Shanika Jamila Bruce is a Barbadian cricketer who plays for the Barbados women's national cricket team in the Women's Super50 Cup and the Twenty20 Blaze tournaments. In April 2019, Bruce was named as one of six reserve players for the West Indies' tour of England and Ireland. In April 2021, Bruce was named in Cricket West Indies' high-performance training camp in Antigua. Bruce is also studying for a degree at the University of the West Indies.
