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Kay
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Appendix:Variations of "kay"
English
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Alternative forms
en Kaye, en Keay
Pronunciation
en /ˈkeɪ/
en eɪ 1
Proper noun
en Middle English derived from several Old and Middle English words; also adopted by immigrants whose surnames began with a K.
en male Welsh derived from the surnames, or from a rare medieval given name (as the Sir Kay of Arthurian legend), Welsh Cai, Latinized as Caius, related to the modern male name Kai.
en female a short form of Katherine and other female names beginning with a "K"; popular as a middle name.
en 1970 w:Santha Rama Rau The Adventuress Harper&Row 99–100 She frowned at the girl's response. "Kay?" she said. "That is not a name. And what of your family?" "Catalina," the girl amended quickly. "I am used to being Kay at work. My family name is Gómez - we come from Mindanao, where we had pineapple plantations […]"
7 June 1993 Sam Howe Verhovek Woman in the News: From Demure Survivor to G.O.P. Star https://web.archive.org/web/20150526084838/https://www.nytimes.com/1993/06/07/us/woman-in-the-news-from-demure-survivor-to-gop-star.html Kay Bailey, one of seven women among the 236 graduates in the 1967 class at the University of Texas Law School, says she found herself shut out when she applied for work in the male-dominated world of Houston’s law firms.
en The courtroom attack that led to 26 years in prison w:BBC https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c3vrwq25r64o 2024-12-11 Deobra Redden, 31, was caught on camera in January jumping over a desk and lunging at Judge Mary Kay Holthus, who was sentencing him in another case. https://web.archive.org/web/20260820235600/https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c3vrwq25r64o 20 August 2026
Derived terms
en Kay County Kaylee Kaylyn
Noun
en kay.
Anagrams
en aky kya yak
en diminutives of female given names female given names unisex given names
German
Proper noun
de proper noun
de male Kai
Turkish
Proper noun
tr male