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

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