Kay
in the US
There are 21,115 people with the last name "Kay" in the United States.
Ranking in the US
| Name | Rank |
|---|---|
| Kay | 1,269 |
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Meaning & History
English: nickname from Middle English cai, kay, kei ‘left-handed’, ‘clumsy’.
English: metonymic occupational name for a locksmith, from Middle English keye, kaye ‘key’.
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
French: variant of
Much shortened form of any of various names, mostly Eastern European, beginning with the letter K-.
Variant of Danish and Frisian
