Kay - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Kay \

, also used as boy's name 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 common first name for women (#272 out of 4276) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#1508 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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