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Bey
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bey b'ey
English
Etymology
As a north en de - and en nl - surname, variant of en Beye, en Baye, vowel variants of the en da - surname en Boye.
Also as a German surname, Germanized from en dsb baj storyteller, from en sla-pro *bajь, related to sla-pro *bajati to tell. Compare en Bay.
As a en fr - surname, from several placenames in France, from a regional variant of fr bief mill-race.
As an Islamic surname (generally Algeria), from en tr bey (see en Beg). See also en Pasha, en Agha.
Proper noun
s
en.
Beyoncé.
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Bey is the 6265th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5453 individuals. Bey is most common among Black/African American (64.07%) and White (21.29%) individuals.
Anagrams
en bey 'bye Bye Eby bye