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1/19/2025, 9:22 PM jocatchi
12/30/2015, 7:23 PM lilolaf
12/20/2015, 6:54 PM lilolaf

Name Gay
Type Surname (from location)
Usage English
Edit Status Status2a. listed usages are verified

Meaning & History

Habitational name from a settlement in Normandy called Gaye, possibly derived from a Germanic person name cognate with Wade 2, or perhaps related to Old French gayere "wet ground" or goille "puddle, quagmire".
Added 12/20/2015 by lilolaf