Girl · English
Kay
Say it: KAY
Meaning
A short form of Katherine and other names beginning with K; the Arthurian knight Sir Kay is a separate name from Latin Gaius.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Popular in the US as an independent name in the 1930s to 1950s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1930s
In the United States
- 102,270 babies given this name since 1882
- At its height in 1939, about 1 in 336 girls
- 52 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Kaye
Famous bearers
- Kay Francis, American actress
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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