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Hay

in Kentucky

There are 550 people with the last name "Hay" in Kentucky.

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Ranking in Kentucky

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Hay 957
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  1. is 953rd most common Mckinley
  2. is 954th most common Denney
  3. is 955th most common Fitzpatrick
  4. is 956th most common Burris
  5. is 957th most common Hay
  6. is 958th most common Bass
  7. is 959th most common Mcbride
  8. is 960th most common Wiseman
  9. is 961st most common Huber

Similar Names and Nicknames

Ha, Hao, Hau, Hai, Haw, Hah, Hae, Haa, Haye, Hayhoe

Most Common First Names for Hay

John, James, Mary, Joyce, David, Laura, Phillip, Brenda, Karen, Larry

Meaning & History

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Hay

Scottish and English: topographic name for someone who lived by an enclosure, Middle English hay(e), heye (Old English (ge)hæg, which after the Norman Conquest became confused with the related Old French term haye ‘hedge’, of Germanic origin). Alternatively, it may be a habitational name from any of various places named with this word, including Les Hays and La Haye in Normandy. The Old French and Middle English word was used in particular to denote an enclosed forest. Compare Haywood. This name was taken to Ireland (County Wexford) by the Normans.

Scottish and English: nickname for a tall man, from Middle English hay, hey ‘tall’, ‘high’ (Old English hēah).

Scottish and English: from the medieval personal name Hay, which represented in part the Old English byname Hēah ‘tall’, in part a short form of the various compound names with the first element hēah ‘high’.

French: topographic name from a masculine form of Old French haye ‘hedge’, or a habitational name from Les Hays, Jura, or Le Hay, Seine-Maritime.

Spanish: topographic name from haya ‘beech tree’ (ultimately derived from Latin fagus).

German: occupational name from Middle High German heie ‘guardian’, ‘custodian’ (see Hayer).

Dutch and Frisian: variant of Haye 1.

FOREBEARS The surname Hay is particularly common in Scotland, where it has been established since 1160. The principal family of the name are of Norman origin; they trace their descent from William de la Haye, who was Butler of Scotland in the reign of Malcolm IV (1153–65). They hold the titles Marquess of Tweeddale, Earl of Kinnoul, and Earl of Erroll. The Earl of Erroll also holds the hereditary office of Constable of Scotland, first bestowed on the family by Robert I in 1314. A bearer of the name Hay from Burgundy, is documented in Boucherville, Quebec, in 1689.

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