as a Last Name
- 4,326
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Slay
Meaning & Origins
English: 1. from Middle English slaye (Old English slege, from slēan ‘to strike’), a metonymic occupational name for a slay maker, an implement used in weaving to push the weft thread tightly against the thread of the preceding pass of the shuttle. 2. topographic name from Middle English slay ‘grassy slope’.
| 7,724th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 4,326
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Mississippi
- has the most people named Slay per capita
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