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 [ 1 syll. clay, cl-ay ] The boy name Clay is pronounced as KLEY KEY. Clay is an English name of English and Old English origin. English and Old English origin: From the words 'clay' ; 'claeg' meaning clay. The first name is derived from the surname. The surname could have been given to someone who lived near a clay ground, or else it could be from a job title for someone who worked with clay. In addition, Clay is a short form of the English name Clayton. Clay is a classic favorite. Today it is still somewhat popular as a baby boy name, but not to the degree it was previously. The name jumped in popularity from the 1940s up to the 1960s. At the height of its usage in 1960, 0.042% of baby boys were given the name Clay. It was #263 in rank then. The baby name has seen a decline in frequency since then. In 2008, its usage was 0.012% and its ranking #849. Within the family of boy names directly linked to Clay, the English Clayton was the most regularly used. In 2008, it was 6 times more commonly used than Clay. Baby names that sound like Clay include the English Cael, the English, Scottish, and Irish Cal, the English Cale, the English Cole, the Scottish Coll, the English Kail, the English Kal, the English and Hawaiian Kale, the Finnish, German, and Scandinavian Kalle, the English Kayle, the English Kele, the English and German Kell, the English Kelle, the English Kiel, the English Kile, the Scandinavian Kjell, the English Kole, the English Kyle, the Irish Cahal, and the name Cahil. A famous person named Clay is Clay Aiken, Talent Show Contestant, born Clayton Holmes Grissom 30 November 1978, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. KEY: Pronunciation for Clay: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)"   |
