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 [ 1 syll. kay, ka-y ] The girl name Kay is also used as a boy name, though it is far more popular for girls. It is pronounced KEY KEY. Kay is of Old Greek origin. It is used mainly in English and German. The feminine name most likely developed as a short form of longer names starting with 'K-' or 'C-' such as Katharine, although the masculine name is of various other origins. Forms of the name include the German Cay, the English Kaia, the German and Scandinavian Kaj, the English Kaya, the English Kayla, the English Kaylee, the English Kayleen, the English Kaylene, the English Kaylin, and the English Kya. In addition, Kay is a pet form of the English Katherine. Kay is also a pet form of the English, German, Scandinavian, and Dutch Karen in the English language. The spelling variants Kae (English), Kai (Scandinavian, English, and German), and Kaye (English) are other forms of Kay. See also the related forms, the English and Irish Kayleigh, the English and Irish Kayley, the English and Irish Kaylyn, and the Estonian and German Katharina. Kay is uncommon as a baby girl name. At the modest height of its usage in 1939, 0.287% of baby girls were named Kay. It was #76 in rank then. The baby name has seen a marked decline in popularity since then, and is used only on an infrequent scale today. Within the family of girl names directly related to Kay, the English Kayla was the most regularly used in 2008. Kay has in the last century been primarily given to girls. In 1947, 61 times more girls than boys were given the name Kay. Baby names that sound like Kay include the English Kae, the English Kaye, the Japanese Kei, the German Cay, the English Kace, the Scandinavian, English, Hawaiian, and German Kai, the German and Scandinavian Kaj, the English Kass, the English Kayce, the English Kayse, the English Kea, the Hawaiian Keke, the Vietnamese Kieu, the English Kya, the Vietnamese Cai, the English Cas, the English Cass, the English Casse, the English Cayce, and the English Cayse. A famous person named Kay is Actress Kay Kendall, born Justine Kay McCarthy May 21, 1926 - September 6, 1959, Withernsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. KEY: Pronunciation for Kay: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)"   |
