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Clay

in Rhode Island

There are 42 people with the last name "Clay" in Rhode Island.

Ranking in Rhode Island

Name	Rank
Clay	3,352

is 3,348th most common Chapdelaine
is 3,349th most common Christina
is 3,350th most common Ciaramello
is 3,351st most common Ciolfi
is 3,352nd most common Clay
is 3,353rd most common Colbert
is 3,354th most common Coombs
is 3,355th most common Costigan
is 3,356th most common Cozzolino

Meaning & History

Clay

English: from Old English clǣg ‘clay’, applied as a topographic name for someone who lived in an area of clay soil or as a metonymic occupational name for a worker in a clay pit (see Clayman).

Americanized spelling of German Klee.

FOREBEARS The relatively common English name Clay had several American forebears in the 18th century. Henry Clay, born in Hanover, VA, in 1777, secretary of state for President John Quincy Adams, was descended from English ancestors who came to VA shortly after the founding of Jamestown. The revolutionary war officer Joseph Clay, also a member of the Continental Congress, was a native of Yorkshire, England, who emigrated to GA in 1760 and was a founder of the University of Georgia.