KAY  

Gender: F
Origin: English, diminutive of KATHERINE

Cigarette-smoking, nightclubbing name of the 1930s could be ready for a comeback along with cousins May/Mae and Ray/Rae.

Variations:
Kayla, Kai, Kae, Caye, Kaye

Kay is being discussed in our message boards:

• Names of people i know::
• Preferred Spellings of Haley and Kaylee?
• Honestly...
• Popular names you just don't 'get'.
• Triple A, Triple B, Triple C... Girls!

Read Nameberry blog posts about Kay:

• THE SECRET MEANING OF NAMES
• HELLO DOLLY: Names from the Doll World
• MINI-NAMES
• GUINEVERE AND GARETH: BABY NAMES FROM CAMELOT
• BREAKING THE HUNDRED-YEAR RULE