Gender Masculine
Meaning & History
Meaning uncertain, possibly a Frisian diminutive of Gerhard, Nicolaas, Cornelis or Gaius [1]. It is borne by a boy captured by the Snow Queen in an 1844 fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. Spreading from Germany and Scandinavia, this name became popular in the English-speaking world and other places in Western Europe around the end of the 20th century.
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VariantsKay(Frisian) Kay(German) Kaj, Kay, Cai(Danish) Kay, Kaj(Norwegian) Kay, Cai, Caj, Kaj(Swedish) Kaj(Finnish) Kay(Dutch)
Other Languages & CulturesNikollë(Albanian) Nicolaus, Nikolaos(Ancient Greek) Cornelius, Gaios, Gaius, Caius(Ancient Roman) Nikola(Basque) Mikalai, Mikalay(Belarusian) Cornelius, Gaius(Biblical) Gaios(Biblical Greek) Gaius(Biblical Latin) Nikola, Nikolai, Nikolay(Bulgarian) Gerard, Nicolau(Catalan) Nikola, Nikica, Niko, Nikša(Croatian) Mikuláš, Mikoláš, Mikula, Nikola(Czech) Nikolao, Niĉjo(Esperanto) Nigul(Estonian) Corneille, Gérard, Nicolas(French) Nicolau(Galician) Gaioz, Korneli, Nikoloz, Nika, Niko, Nikusha(Georgian) Gerhard(Germanic) Nicolaos, Nikolaos, Nik, Nikolas, Nikos(Greek) Gellért, Kornél, Miklós, Nikolasz, Kolos, Miksa(Hungarian) Gearóid, Nioclás(Irish) Cornelio, Gerardo, Gherardo, Niccolò, Nicola, Caio, Nico, Nicolao, Nicolino, Nicolò(Italian) Ģirts, Nikolajs, Klāvs, Niklāvs(Latvian) Sjra, Klaos(Limburgish) Kajus(Lithuanian) Klaas(Low German) Nikola, Nikolče, Nikolche(Macedonian) Nikora(Maori) Nichol, Nicol, Col(Medieval English) Gerard, Kornel, Korneliusz, Mikołaj(Polish) Caio, Nicolau, Cornélio, Nico(Portuguese) Cornel, Corneliu, Nicolae, Neculai, Nicu, Nicușor(Romanian) Nikolai, Nikolay, Kolya(Russian) Niillas, Nilas(Sami) Nicol(Scottish) Neacel(Scottish Gaelic) Nikola, Nikica(Serbian) Kornel, Mikuláš(Slovak) Miklavž, Nikola, Nikolaj, Nik, Niko(Slovene) Cornelio, Gerardo, Nicolás, Nico(Spanish) Mykola(Ukrainian)
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Sources & References
- Nederlandse Voornamenbank, entry Kay, available from https://nvb.meertens.knaw.nl/naam/is/Kay.
