as a First Name
As a male name this is generally a short form of Bailey, although it is sometimes used as an independent first name. As a female name it is likely to be, at least in part, a transferred use from the various plants known as bay (Old French baie, Latin baca, earlier bacca, ‘berry’). These are similar to the laurels (see Laurel) and the leaves of several species are used as flavouring agents (compare Juniper and Cinnamon).
| 6,050th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 1,175
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Alaska
- has the most people named Bay per capita
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- marked the height of its popularity
Top state populations
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