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Kay

in North Carolina

There are 510 people with the last name "Kay" in North Carolina.

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Ranking in North Carolina

NameRank
Kay 2,095
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  1. is 2,091st most common Elliot
  2. is 2,092nd most common Espinoza
  3. is 2,093rd most common Biddix
  4. is 2,094th most common Hamlett
  5. is 2,095th most common Kay
  6. is 2,096th most common Kee
  7. is 2,097th most common Timmons
  8. is 2,098th most common Towery
  9. is 2,099th most common Cashwell

Similar Names and Nicknames

Key, Kao, Kai, Kau, Ka, Koy, Kah, Kae, Kuy, Kiy

Most Common First Names for Kay

John, William, Robert, David, James, Richard, Susan, Barbara, Donna, Lisa

Meaning & History

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Kay

English: nickname from Middle English ca ‘jackdaw’, from an unattested Old Norse ká. See also Daw.

English: nickname from Middle English cai, kay, kei ‘left-handed’, ‘clumsy’.

English: metonymic occupational name for a locksmith, from Middle English keye, kaye ‘key’. Compare Care, Kear.

English: topographic name for someone living on or near a quay, Middle English kay(e), Old French cay.

English: from a Middle English personal name which figures in Arthurian legend. It is found in Old Welsh as Cai, Middle Welsh Kei, and is ultimately from the Latin personal name Gaius.

Scottish and Irish: reduced form of McKay.

French: variant of Quay, cognate with 2.

Much shortened form of any of various names, mostly Eastern European, beginning with the letter K-.

Variant of Danish and Frisian Kai.

Recent Searches for "Kay" in North Carolina

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John Kay, NC (9 searches)
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