Clay

English word name; diminutive of Clayton

"boundary with clover"

Clay Origin and Meaning

Variation of Claiborne

Clay Rank in US Top 1000

# 543 in the US

Clay Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 605 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Clay

• 543 US 2024
• 605 Nameberry 2025
• 557 Future 2028
• 607 England 2024

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Famous People Named Clay

• Clayton Allen "Clay" Hensley American baseball player
• Clayton Holmes "Clay" Aiken American pop singer, TV personality, and politician
• (William) Clay Matthews Jr. and III American NFL football players
• Ernest Clayton "Clay" Walker American country music singer
• Clay Daniel Buchholz American baseball player
• Douglas "Clay" Cook American country musician of the Zac Brown Band
• Gianclaudio Giuseppe "Clay" Regazzoni Swiss racing driver
• Clay Greenbush American actor
• Clay Honeycutt contestant on "Big Brother" season 17
• Clay Hart American singer/guitarist from "The Lawrence Welk Show"
• Clay Clement (born Claudius Geiger) American stage, film, and TV actor
• Clay Minecraft YouTube personality who goes by “Dream”

The name Clay in Pop Culture

• Clayton "Clay" Evans character on TV's "One Tree Hill"
• Clay Bailey character in animated series "Xiaolin Showdown"
• Clay Morrow character on TV's "Sons of Anarchy"
• Caduceus Clay character in Critical Role
• Clay Simons character in video game "Grand Theft Auto: The Lost and Damned"
• Clay Jensen main character in "13 Reasons Why" by Jay Asher
• Clay main character in Bret Easton Ellis' "Less Than Zero"
• Clay Clemmens character on TV's "The New Normal"
• Clay Gym Leader in the Pokemon video games
• Clay character in anime "Soul Eater Not!'
• Clay Terran character in video game series "Ace Attorney"
• Clay Puffington main character in animated series "Moral Orel"
• Clay Haas character in TV's "Quantico"
• Clay Kaczmarek character in video game series "Assassin's Creed"
• Clay dragon character in children's literature series Wings Of Fire