Name

Name LAY

Between 1909 and 2022 there were 29 births of Lay in the countries below, which represents an average of 0 birth of children bearing the first name Lay per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 4 births.

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En Français

Prénom Lay
In Italiano

Nome Lay

Information about the first name Lay

The first name Lay is listed in our categories :

Names of French cities
Lay

The first name Lay has been assigned to:

55.17% to boys
44.83% to girls

The country where the first name Lay is the most common is:

Switzerland

This first name is on trend: Both (Unisex)

This first name has 3 letters including 2 vowels and 1 consonant

Anagrams of the first name Lay

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Lay : Aly, Ayl, Lya, Yal, Yla

Anacyclics of the first name Lay

An anacyclic is a word or phrase that can be read in the normal sense of reading or in the opposite direction. Here is the list of names that are anonymous of the given name Lay: Yal

Lay in Japanese ^*

Romaji	ree
Katakana	レー
Hiragana	れー
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Origin and meaning of name Lay

English

Etymology

As an English surname, spelling variant of Lee.
As a Scottish surname, reduced from McClay.
As a Khmer surname, Khmer ឡាយ (laay).
As a French surname, from several place names in France. The river is from Medieval Latin Ledius.
As a German surname, from various placenames in Bavaria and Rhineland.

Etymology

From Middle English laie, lawe, from Old English lagu (“sea, flood, water, ocean”), from Proto-West Germanic *lagu (“water, sea”), from Proto-Germanic *laguz (“water, sea”), from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“water, body of water, lake”). Cognate with Icelandic lögur (“liquid, fluid, lake”), Latin lacus (“lake, hollow, hole”).

Etymology

From Middle English lay, from Old French lai, from Latin laicus, from Ancient Greek λαϊκός (laïkós). Doublet of laic.

Etymology

See lie. This word was influenced by the present tense verb lay.

Etymology

From Middle English lay, from Old French lai (“song, lyric, poem”), from Frankish *laih (“play, melody, song”), from Proto-Germanic *laikaz, *laikiz (“jump, play, dance, hymn”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“to jump, spring, play”). Akin to Old High German leih (“a play, skit, melody, song”), Middle High German leich (“piece of music, epic song played on a harp”), Old English lācan (“to move quickly, fence, sing”). See lake.

Etymology

From Middle English lay, laye, laiȝe, leyȝe, from Old English lǣh, lēh, northern (Anglian) variants of Old English lēah (“lea”). More at lea.

Etymology

From Middle English laige, læȝe, variants of Middle English lawe (“law”). More at law.

Etymology

Calque of Yiddish לייגן‎ (leygn, “to put, lay”).

Etymology (Noun)

lay (plural lays)
A lake.

Etymology (Adjective)

lay (comparative more lay, superlative most lay)
Not belonging to the clergy, but associated with them.
They seemed more lay than clerical.
a lay preacher; a lay brother
Non-professional; not being a member of an organized institution.
(card games) Not trumps.
a lay suit
(obsolete) Not educated or cultivated; ignorant.

Etymology (Verb)

lay
simple past of lie (etymology 1)
The baby lay in its crib and slept silently.

Etymology (Alternative forms)

Etymology (Noun)

lay (plural lays)
A ballad or sung poem; a short poem or narrative, usually intended to be sung.
1925 The Lay of Leithien, poem by J.R.R. Tolkien, Anglo-Saxon Professor.
A lyrical, narrative poem written in octosyllabic couplets that often deals with tales of adventure and romance.
1945: "The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun" by JRR Tolkien
Sad is the note and sad the lay, but mirth we meet not every day.

Etymology (Noun)

lay (plural lays)
(obsolete) A meadow; a lea.

Etymology (Noun)

lay (plural lays)
(obsolete) A law.
(obsolete) An obligation; a vow.

Etymology (Verb)

lay (third-person singular simple present lays, present participle laying, simple past and past participle laid)
(Judaism, transitive) To don or put on (tefillin (phylacteries)).

Anagrams

Pronunciation

enPR: lā, IPA(key): /leɪ/
Rhymes: -eɪ
Homophones: lei, ley, le

Proper noun (Statistics)

According to the 2010 United States Census, Lay is the 1,957th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 18,468 individuals. Lay is most common among White (70.98%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (14.41%) individuals.

Middle English

Verb

lay
Alternative form of leie: simple past of lien

General

Proper noun

Lay
A river in western France.
A surname.

Indonesian

Proper noun

Lay
Alternative spelling of Lai.

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA(key): [laj˧˧]
(Huế) IPA(key): [laj˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [la(ː)j˧˧]

Verb

lay
to shake

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French ail.

Etymology

From Malagasy ley (butterfly).

Etymology (Noun)

lay
garlic

Etymology (Noun)

lay
moth

Popularity of the name Lay

Number of LAY births per year

Popularity of the name Lay

Total births of Lay by country

		Births with the first name Lay
Country		Boys Girls
	Switzerland 1909 - 2021	6 8
	Germany 2000 - 2022	6 2
	Quebec 1980 - 2022	2 0
	Chili 2010 - 2021	0 2
	Denmark 1985 - 2022	1 1
	Australia 1930 - 2022	1 0