Kay

Kay
Pronunciation	K
Gender	Unisex
Other names
Related names	Katherine, Kaye, Kayanna, Kail, Kayla, Kaylee,Kaylin,Kaylynn

The name Kay \kay\ is found both as a surname (see Kay (surname)) and as a given name. In English-speaking countries it is usually a girl's name, often a short form of Katherine or one of its variants; but it is also used as a first name in its own right, and (more often in non-English families) as a boy's name. As an English name it is pronounced kay. The alternative spelling Kaye is encountered as a surname, but also occasionally as a given name; for instance, actress Kaye Ballard.

A dynesty name:

• Gakhars therefore use the ancient royal Persian title "Kay or "Kayani as did the Sassanian aristocracy as they claim connection with the semi-mythological Kayani Kings of ancient Iran.

A female first name:

• Kay Bailey Hutchison, the senior United States Senator from Texas
• Kay Elson, Australian Liberal Party politician
• Kay Hull, Australian Liberal Party politician
• Kay Hagan, the junior United States Senator from North Carolina
• Kay Kendall, British actress
• Kay A. Orr, United States Republican Party politician
• Kay Panabaker, an actress
• Kay Redfield Jamison, American professor of psychiatry and writer who is an expert on bipolar disorder
• Kay Parker, porn actress
• Kay Tse, a popular singer from Hong Kong

A male first name (see also Kai (name)):

• Kay van Dijk, Dutch volleyball player
• Kay Pollak, Swedish film director

The name of a fictional character:

• Agent K, a character in the Men In Black film series and animated series
• Kay Adams-Corleone, a character in Mario Puzo's The Godfather.
• Sir Kay, character from Arthurian legend
• Kay Harker, character from the book The Box of Delights by John Masefield.
• Kay, a protagonist in the video game Legend of Kay.
• Kay, also spelled Kai, a character in Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale The Snow Queen
• Kay, a character in the Vertigo comic series Fables.
• Kay Faraday, a character in the Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth

A brand name or pseudonym:

• Kay Musical Instrument Company, a musical instrument manufacturer that produced guitars, double basses, and other instruments
• DJ Kayslay, the ringmaster of the new hip-hop rivalries
• Kay Jewelers, a fine jewelry store chain in the United States
• Mary Kay, a brand of skin care and color cosmetics in USA

Kay may also be:

• the surname Kay
• K, the eleventh letter in the Latin alphabet
• 'kay, short for okay, a term of approval or assent
• an epithet for a ruler of the mythological Kayanian dynasty
• Kay, an album by John Wesley Ryles, or its title track