Forename Lay

Globally, Lay (Lay , 莱 , レイ , along with others...) is a common gender-neutral first name. The given name Lay is characteristic of Mongolia, where it is a common girly name, Singapore, where it is quite a rare epicene name, and Tunisia, where it is quite a rare largely feminine, but infrequently male name. In absolute terms, it is commonest in China, Mongolia, and Indonesia. Much more prevalently, Lay is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Lay

name Ail, name Lāÿ, name Ląÿ, name Laÿ, name Ley, name Lãý, name Lai, name Làÿ, name Lea, name 莱, name Lay, name Lãy, name Láÿ, name Lạy, name Lấy, name Lăÿ, name Láy, name Lagu, name Ląŷ, name Láý, name Ląy, name Lǻŷ, name Laye, name Lāy, name Leggen, name Laŷ, name Lâý, name لاي, name Lày, name Law, name Lãŷ, name レイ, name Lāẏ, name L'Ail, name Láŷ, name Làý, name Laisser, name Leyen, name Lee, name Laie, name Lăy, name Lãÿ, name Lăý, name Lâŷ, name Lây, name Lăŷ, name Lake, name Ledius, name Lâÿ, name Ląý, name Лэй, name Laý, name Lie, name Lāŷ, name Lawe

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Lay	Malaysia, Indonesia, United States, Mongolia, Myanmar
莱	China
レイ	Japan
لاي	Egypt, Yemen, Sudan, Iraq, Jordan
Лэй	Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan

First names said to be same

Ail, L'Ail, Lagu, Lai, Laie, Laisser, Lake, Law, Lawe, Laye, Laý, Laÿ, Laŷ, Lea, Ledius, Lee, Leggen, Ley, Leyen, Lie, Lày, Làý, Làÿ, Láy, Láý, Láÿ, Láŷ, Lây, Lâý, Lâÿ, Lâŷ, Lãy, Lãý, Lãÿ, Lãŷ, Lāy, Lāÿ, Lāŷ, Lāẏ, Lăy, Lăý, Lăÿ, Lăŷ, Ląy, Ląý, Ląÿ, Ląŷ, Lǻŷ, Lạy, Lấy,

First name Lay in the context

Lay is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Rei Ayanami , the fictional character in the media franchise Neon Genesis Evangelion; Sailor Mars , the fictional character from Sailor Moon; Ray Palmer , the fictional character from the television series Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow, The Flash; Lay judge (Herastuomari) , the operatic character in the opera The Ostrobothnians and Atom , the fictional character, a superhero that appears in comic books published by DC Comics, The Flash, and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	sin kho ma lay Burmese dance performer during the late Konbaung dynasty (b. 1852)
	ma htwe lay traditional Burmese dance performer (b. 1867)
	elzy lay (1869-1934) American outlaw, US (b. 1868)
	chew boon lay business person, SG (b. 1852)
	beirne lay, jr. author, aviation writer, Hollywood screenwriter, and combat veteran of World War II, US (b. 1909)
	see ewe lay (b. 1851)
	par par lay Burmese comedian (1947-2013), MM (b. 1947)
	graham lay Military antiques expert, GB (b. 1960)
	khin mg lay Burmese dentist, MM (b. 1941)
	wyne lay Myanmar model, MM (b. 1994)
	thorne lay American seismologist, US (b. 1956)
	carter lay American businessperson and philanthropist, US (b. 1971)
	duncan lay Australian writer (b. 1971)
	fung lay researcher
	chee leng lay researcher

Characteristic surnames

Ma, Ad, Ab, Ar, An, Al, Sk, Sy, So, Se, Ak, Su, Sa, M,, Mg, Ms, Mr, My, Mu, Mi, Mo, Si, and Ai