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What does Kay mean?
Kay 
▼ as a girls' name (also used as boys' 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. Also form of Catherine.
STARTS WITH Kay-
ASSOCIATED WITH surname
Variations
VARIANTS Caye, Kai▲, Kayana, Kayann, Kaye▼, Kayla▼, Kaylee, Kaylin
SEE ALSO Jay
RELATED FORMS VIA KATHERINE, KAYE Cait, Caity, Cari▼, Caryn▼, Cass, Cat, Cate, Cathy▼, Cati, Caty, Cay, Kait, Kaity, Karen▼, Kari▼, Karin▼, Karon▼, Karri▼, Karyn▼, Karynn, Kas, Kasia, Kasja, Kaska, Kass, Kassi, Kasya, Kat, Kata, Kate▼, Katee, Katey, Katha, Kathi▼, Kathy▼, Kati▼, Katie▼, Katka, Katla, Katrya, Katy▼, Katya, Kit, Kitty▼
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
(male)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Kay Audrey (K.A.), ..
How popular is Kay?
Kay is a very prominent first name for women (#272 out of 4276, Top 6%) and also a very prominent last name for all people (#1402 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Kay reached its highest rank of #98 in the U.S. in the 1940s, but is not found in the list at the moment. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Cari, Caryn, Cate, Catherine (#204 IN RECENT RANKINGS), Cathy, Jay, Kai (#854), Karen (#635), Kari (#1569), Karin, Karon, Karri, Karyn, Kassi, Kate (#285), Katey, Katherine (#112), Kathi, Kathy, Kati, Katie (#449), Katy (#1790), Katya, Kaye, Kayla (#149), Kaylee (#97), Kaylin (#938), Kit and Kitty are the popular related forms of Kay. Other variants, like Cait, are seldom used. Adoption of these relations of Kay was well-received in the 1950s (ADOPTION OF 4.2%) and is now much lower (ADOPTION 0.7%, ▼82.9%). Katherine is a constant favorite, although Kai appears to be gaining favor too, while versions such as Kathi are now less popular.
Similar Names
Kay▼ is pronounced similarly to Cai, Cay, Coe, Ka-, Kaeya, Kaia▲, Kaya, Kia▼ and Kiah. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Bay, Day, Fay▼, Gay▼, Jay, Kacy▼, Kady, Kaly, Kary, Kas, Kasy, Kat, Katy▼, May▼ and Ray▼. These names tend to be less frequently used than Kay.
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