Deÿ

given name · Latin script

Deÿ is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Bangladesh than in any other country, where it is the 40th most common surname. Recorded meaning: From Middle English deye, deie, daie, from Old English dǣġe (“maker of bread; baker; dairy-maid”), from Proto-West Germanic *daigijā, from Proto-Germanic *daigijǭ (“kneader of bread, maid”), from Prot.

  • BDBangladesh≈1 in 670(inferred from the name graph)
  • GYGuyana1 in 2K
  • GHGhana≈1 in 28Kfew records

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Deÿ itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Bangladesh (inferred from the name graph)

≈260,000 people, est.

#806 (measured from records)

of 19M surnames, spellings grouped

Record sources
336 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

≈1 in 667 (inferred from the name graph)

Bangladesh, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts

(measured from records)

4 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Dey in IN India, US United States, BD Bangladesh 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)
Derivation of Deÿ: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Deÿ
  1. Middle Englishdeye(measured from records)
  2. Old Englishdǣġe“maker of bread; baker; dairy-maid”(measured from records)
  3. Proto-West Germanic*daigijā(measured from records)
  4. Proto-Germanic*daigijǭ“kneader of bread“kneader of bread, maid”(measured from records)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeyǵʰ-“to knead“to knead, form, build”(measured from records)

From Middle English deye, deie, daie, from Old English dǣġe (“maker of bread; baker; dairy-maid”), from Proto-West Germanic *daigijā, from Proto-Germanic *daigijǭ (“kneader of bread, maid”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to knead, form, build”). Cognate with Swedish deja, Icelandic deigja (“dairy-maid”); compare dairy, dough, lady.

Cited for this meaning 2

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wiktionary

Attested across 26 languages in the etymology graph.

Where the surname Deÿ is found

(measured from records)

Deÿ 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 Deÿ is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BD Bangladesh#40≈260,000 est.≈1 in 667—Dey89
US United States—105,091as Day1 in 3.2K105KDey336
IN India#1388,6851 in 153K8.7KDey233
GB United Kingdom—≈1,600 est.≈1 in 45K3Dey147
DE Germany—≈1,400 est.≈1 in 60K—Dey89
GH Ghana—≈1,200 est.≈1 in 28K—Dey35
GY Guyana#2003771 in 2K377Dey5
UY Uruguay—151as Day1 in 22K151——

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: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025; INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

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Other names spelled this way

(inferred from the name graph)

Deÿ is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, India, Mexico, Argentina

    Also written Dey, Dëy, Dēy, Déy, Déý

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence

(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Deÿ 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 Deÿ mean, and where does it come from?
From Middle English deye, deie, daie, from Old English dǣġe (“maker of bread; baker; dairy-maid”), from Proto-West Germanic *daigijā, from Proto-Germanic *daigijǭ (“kneader of bread, maid”), from Prot… Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and Wiktionary.
Which countries have the most people with the surname Deÿ?
Mondonomo estimates about 260 thousand people named Deÿ in Bangladesh, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled dey. After it come United States, India, United Kingdom and Germany; the country table on this page ranks them.
How common is the name Deÿ?
In India, the national register counted 8,685 people named Deÿ, about 1 in 153 thousand residents.
How common is Deÿ compared with other names?
In Bangladesh, Deÿ is the 40th most common surname of 12,312 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, “Deÿ” — the 40th most common surname in Bangladesh. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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