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The baby name Hay is a Unisex name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /heɪ/ ("HAY").

Hay is English, Norman French in Origin.

Gender: Unisex
Syllables: 1.0
Origin: English, Norman French
Pronunciation: /heɪ/ ("HAY")

What is the meaning of the name Hay ?

The baby name Hay is a Unisex name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /heɪ/ ("HAY").

Hay is English, Norman French in Origin.

Hay is a transferred surname used as a given name, rooted in Anglo-Norman and English-Scottish traditions. It derives from Old French haie and Middle English haye, meaning “hedge” or “enclosure,” applied to someone who lived by a fence or came from places called La Haye or Hay. The name is prominent in Scotland through Clan Hay, recorded from the 12th century and associated with the Earls of Erroll, which helped cement its visibility across Britain.

As a first name, Hay appears sporadically from the 18th–19th centuries in Britain and North America, typically as an honorific family name and more often masculine, though it reads gender-neutral today. Variants and related forms include Haye and de la Haye; cognate surnames Hays and Hayes are common modern given-name options. Note that some bearers of Hayes/Hays trace to Irish Ó hAodha (“descendant of Aodh,” “fire”), a separate etymology.

Hay has the following similar or variant Names

Hay – Popularity by country

Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.

Country Gender Year Rank Born of
ET Boys 0 #27 1 678
AZ 0 #43 1 706
AZ Girls 0 #75 1 1,051
AL 0 #76 1 2,372
JM 0 #93 1 3,714
QA 0 #106 1 7,011
BN Girls 0 #114 1 5,459
OM 0 #119 3 6,215
EC 0 #121 1 2,502
KW 0 #121 1 5,216
AZ Boys 0 #127 5 1,400
IQ 0 #132 2 3,533
BN Boys 0 #134 6 6,332
MU 0 #137 1 3,613
HU Boys 0 #174 1 3,954
AE 0 #185 3 10,220
LU Girls 0 #190 1 4,850
AR 0 #193 1 2,915
RU 0 #194 1 3,641
LT Girls 0 #200 1 1,904
PS 0 #220 7 5,692
AL Girls 0 #223 5 4,141
HU Girls 0 #225 1 3,308
MO Boys 0 #233 2 5,842
BD 0 #238 4 5,992
JP Girls 0 #250 2 6,592
TW Boys 0 #252 5 7,111
NA Boys 0 #253 1 6,830
IL 0 #262 13 6,291
MO Girls 0 #263 1 7,056
AF Boys 0 #272 3 3,535
NG 0 #272 1 5,926
GR Boys 0 #273 1 6,912
KZ Boys 0 #277 13 6,578
JM Girls 0 #278 1 7,507
SG 0 #279 4 11,010
TW Girls 0 #287 3 8,139
AL Boys 0 #302 2 5,122
CZ Boys 0 #305 1 6,530
QA Girls 0 #305 12 15,378
KZ Girls 0 #307 14 5,862
SA 0 #307 6 10,560
CN Boys 0 #329 3 9,639
DK Boys 0 #332 1 7,401
TN 0 #332 948 13,765
JO Girls 0 #334 6 7,570
GH Girls 0 #337 1 6,973
PL Boys 0 #340 1 6,459
CZ Girls 0 #346 6 5,378
HK 0 #349 9 8,483
MY 0 #349 6 12,352
SD Girls 0 #351 8 7,678
GH Boys 0 #356 6 8,138
BR 0 #359 2 5,969
MU Girls 0 #361 2 8,539
PL Girls 0 #364 1 5,096
YE 0 #365 17 8,639
MU Boys 0 #366 4 8,477
PT Boys 0 #378 4 7,951
NL 0 #382 10 2,481
JO Boys 0 #384 6 7,057
RU Girls 0 #388 113 11,913
RU Boys 0 #392 114 12,621
BD Girls 0 #402 5 8,413
PH Boys 0 #403 6 11,440
EG 0 #409 4 6,387
UY Boys 0 #413 1 5,922
OM Girls 0 #418 7 15,987
PH Girls 0 #425 5 13,098
SD Boys 0 #429 17 10,523
Austria Boys 0 #433 10 2,180
CL 0 #434 1 6,867
HK Boys 0 #443 85 12,905
IQ Girls 0 #460 45 11,303
IL Boys 0 #464 146 10,983
PT Girls 0 #470 2 7,952
PS Boys 0 #479 70 10,655
AR Boys 0 #480 4 7,628
KW Girls 0 #498 18 19,177
PA Boys 0 #504 2 9,305
CR Boys 0 #507 4 10,188
PS Girls 0 #514 10 10,981
PA Girls 0 #516 3 9,861
LY 0 #521 15 12,703
SG Girls 0 #525 62 18,916
AE Girls 0 #533 21 20,968
UY Girls 0 #536 1 6,731
IR Girls 0 #540 6 8,334
GT Girls 0 #541 1 7,500
BH 0 #544 10 17,937
IR Boys 0 #558 8 10,162
BD Boys 0 #566 11 10,045
CR Girls 0 #572 2 11,342
CM Boys 0 #575 1 12,054
IQ Boys 0 #581 87 13,071
HK Girls 0 #595 21 16,104
IL Girls 0 #608 10 11,648
BO Boys 0 #621 2 9,244
LB 0 #634 25 13,263
IN Girls 0 #649 6 13,121
BO Girls 0 #650 2 9,488
MA 0 #676 529 20,986
SG Boys 0 #678 20 17,960
QA Boys 0 #695 13 18,093
CL Boys 0 #698 3 13,390
SY 0 #700 29 11,684
NL Boys 0 #709 247 5,873
KW Boys 0 #749 21 18,755
DZ 0 #766 436 20,130
NG Girls 0 #772 15 15,093
BR Boys 0 #777 9 12,213
EG Boys 0 #782 105 15,035
SA Girls 0 #809 127 25,931
Germany Girls 0 #813 26 4,949
United States Boys 2011 #849 7 7,432
EG Girls 0 #859 101 14,742
OM Boys 0 #863 19 17,948
NG Boys 0 #869 83 16,906
Germany Boys 0 #906 47 5,697
CO Boys 0 #907 14 15,656
CL Girls 0 #912 4 14,098
Spain Boys 0 #913 18 5,610
NL Girls 0 #917 39 5,933
PE Boys 0 #922 5 14,506
BR Girls 0 #925 17 12,708
MY Girls 0 #952 43 24,821
Spain Girls 0 #971 13 5,561
PE Girls 0 #1,005 6 14,861
MX Boys 0 #1,027 7 16,355
IN Boys 0 #1,031 9 16,750
MY Boys 0 #1,038 74 25,439
AE Boys 0 #1,075 18 22,615
TR 0 #1,100 112 19,440
ZA Girls 0 #1,131 11 25,928
CO Girls 0 #1,146 7 16,140
ZA Boys 0 #1,169 10 25,619
MX Girls 0 #1,174 10 17,781
IT Girls 0 #1,407 40 9,415
IT Boys 0 #1,420 52 10,046
SA Boys 0 #1,483 132 28,008

Hay is popular in 71 countries — most recent births per country:

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People also ask about Hay

Hay is a unisex name, given to both boys and girls.
Hay is a one syllable name, pronounced /heɪ/ ("HAY").
Common nicknames and spelling variations include Haye, Haigh and de la Haye.
Somewhat — Hay ranked #849 in United States in 2011, placing it just outside the most common names.