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Gay

in Delaware

There are 54 people with the last name "Gay" in Delaware.

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Ranking in Delaware

NameRank
Gay 1,736
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  1. is 1,732nd most common Chaney
  2. is 1,733rd most common Chisholm
  3. is 1,734th most common Christie
  4. is 1,735th most common Engle
  5. is 1,736th most common Gay
  6. is 1,737th most common Grzybowski
  7. is 1,738th most common Hyde
  8. is 1,739th most common Jeffers
  9. is 1,740th most common Kearney

Similar Names and Nicknames

Guy, Gao, Gaw, Gau, Goy, Gai, Ga, Gaa, Gey, Giy

Most Common First Names for Gay

Thomas, Gary, Joan, Cheryl, John, Penny, Robert, Tara, Thaila, Andrew

Meaning & History

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Gay

English and French: nickname for a lighthearted or cheerful person, from Middle English, Old French gai. In Middle English the term could also mean ‘wanton’, ‘lascivious’ and this sense may lie behind the surname in some instances.

English (of Norman origin): habitational name from places in Normandy called Gaye, from an early proprietor bearing a Germanic personal name cognate with Wade.

probably from the Catalan personal name Gai (Latin Gaius), or in some cases a nickname from Catalan gay ‘cheerful’.

Variant of German Gau.

North German: from a Frisian personal name Gay.

FOREBEARS A Congregational clergyman and one of the forerunners of the Unitarian movement in New England, Ebenezer Gay (1696–1787) was born in Dedham, MA, which had been founded by his grandfather, John Gay, who came to America from Wiltshire, England, about 1630 and settled in Watertown, MA. Ebenezer's greatgrandson Howard was editor of the American Anti-Slavery Standard.

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