Gäy

surname · Latin script

Gäy is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from English Gay.

rarermore common
  • FRFrance≈1 in 4.8K(inferred from the name graph)
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 9.9K
  • USUnited States1 in 10K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

32,025 people, 2010

Sources
463 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 1.6K (inferred from the name graph)

Grenada

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Gay in US United States, FR France, GB United Kingdom and 4 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Borrowed from English Gay.

Sources 7

  • A concise dictionary of first names
  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Wiktionary
  • The Origin of Jewish Family Names: Morphology and History
  • Dictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition

Attested across 27 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Gäy counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Gäy is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States#83632,0251 in 10K33KGay463
FR France#221≈14,000 est.≈1 in 4.8K1.8KGay304
GB United Kingdom#993≈6,700 est.≈1 in 9.9KlistedGay186
GH Ghana#346≈6,400 est.≈1 in 4.6K—Gay10
IT Italy—≈3,200 est.≈1 in 20KlistedGay47
GA Gabon#251≈910 est.≈1 in 2.5K—Gay8
IE Ireland#610≈850 est.≈1 in 6.1K—Gay41
GD Grenada—701 in 1.6K70—3

32,025 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Grenada — Consolidated List of Electors December 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Gäy under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Gäy mean, and where does it come from?
Borrowed from English Gay. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and Dictionary of American Family Names and 5 other sources.
In which country does Gäy have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 32 thousand people named Gäy, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gay.
Where is Gäy most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Gäy is densest in Grenada — about 1 in 1.6 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Gäy?
In the United States, the national register counted 32,025 people named Gäy in 2010, about 1 in 10 thousand residents.
How common is Gäy compared with other names?
In the United States, Gäy is the 836th most common surname of 6,282,806 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Gäy” — the 836th most common surname in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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