Kay - Name Meaning and Origin

The boy's and girl's name Kay \kay\ is pronounced kay. Most often used as a short form of Katherine and its variants, but also a surname and independent given name. Actress Kaye Ballard; author Kay Thompson.

Kay has 8 variant forms: Caye, Kai, Kayana, Kayann, Kaye, Kayla, Kaylee and Kaylin.

For more information, see also related names Jay and Catherine.

Baby names that sound like Kay are Cay, Gay, Ka- and Kaya.

Kay is a very popular female first name and a very popular surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the girl's name Kay. Click here to compare Kay with related baby names.