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What does Cay mean?

Cay Pronunciation of Cay as a name for girls is of Greek derivation, and Cay means "pure". Cay is a variant form of Catherine (Greek): from katharos. Cay is also a derivative of Katherine (Greek).

STARTS WITH Ca-

ASSOCIATED WITH greek, pure (virgin)

Variations

VARIANTS Kaye, Kay, Caye

ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA CATHERINE, KATHERINE Cadi, Cait, Caitey, Caity, Caren, Cari, Carin, Caron, Carri, Caryn, Carynn, Cass, Cassey, Cassi, Cassy, Cat, Cate, Catey, Cath, Catha, Cathe, Cathi, Cathy, Cathye, Cati, Catia, Catie, Cato, Caty, Cazzy, Kait, Kaity, Kari, Karyn, Kas, Kass, Kassy, Kasya, Kat, Kata, Kate, Katey, Kathy, Kati, Katy, Katya, Kit

CREATIVE FORMS
(female)

(male)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Cay Evelina (C.E.), ..

How popular is Cay?

Cay is an uncommonly occurring given name for women but a very prominent last name for all people (#53047 out of 150436, Top 35%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Which version is better?

Popular variation forms of Cay (UNLISTED) are Caren, Cari, Carin, Caron, Carri, Caryn, Cassey, Cassi, Cassy, Cate, Catherine (#204 LAST YEAR), Cathi, Cathy, Kari (#1569), Karyn, Kate (#285), Katey, Katherine (#112), Kathy, Kati, Katy (#1790), Katya, Kay, Kaye and Kit. These relations of Cay reached the top of their popularity 68 years ago (AVERAGE #1101) and are now significantly less common (#1758, 86% LESS USAGE), with forms like Kati becoming less in vogue. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Caren, Cari, Carin, Caron, Carri in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Caryn, Cassey, Cassi, Cassy, Cate in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Catherine, Cathi, Cathy, Kari, Karyn in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Kate, Katey, Katherine, Kathy, Kati in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Katy, Katya, Kay, Kaye, Kit in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Catherine, Kate, Katherine outside U.S.

Similar Names

Cay is pronounced similarly to Cai, Coe, Ka-, Kaeya, Kai, Kaia, Kaya, Kia and Kiah. Other recommended sound-alike names are Bay, Cacy, Cady, Cal, Cam, Cary, Cas, Casy, Cy, Day, Fay, Gay, Jay, May and Ray. These names tend to be more frequently used than Cay.

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