Caye

surname · Latin script

Meaning: key (small island)

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/kæaɪ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Caye is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 999K(measured from records)
  • ISIceland≈1 in 111K
  • FRFrance≈1 in 153K

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.

Brazil (measured from records)

707 people

Sources
146 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 111K (inferred from the name graph)

Iceland, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

key (small island)

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Caye 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 Caye is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BR Brazil7071 in 299K707Caye5
FR France≈440 est.≈1 in 153K70—4
US United States3331 in 999K338Caye146
PH Philippines≈180 est.≈1 in 618K—Caye29
DE Germany≈81 est.≈1 in 985K—Caye15
SG Singapore≈31 est.≈1 in 198K—Caye3
NZ New Zealand≈12 est.≈1 in 401K—Caye1
IS Iceland≈3 est.≈1 in 111Klisted——

707 people counted by IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). 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 2020; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Caye is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Portuguese surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Philippines, Argentina

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written Cayé, Cayê

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Philippines

    Also written Cayé

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Cayé

  • Arabic surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Egypt, United States

    Also written Çaye

37 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Caye is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In enm, alternative form of keye (“quay”)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Asturian, alternative form of cai

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

  • Eden Cayeb. 1990FRFrench association football player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 12 sources across 6 countries.

Official registers attesting Caye
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—707#12,500
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020338#63,720
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010333#60,505
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000302#62,046
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)194177—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196171—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199170—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)195168—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197163—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198159—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)190159—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)192155—

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Caye?
A machine transcription gives /kæaɪ/ (IPA) for English.
What does the name Caye mean, and where does it come from?
key (small island) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
What are other forms of the name Caye?
In the etymology graph, Calle is a form of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Caye have the most bearers?
In Brazil, the national register counted about 707 people named Caye, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled caye.
How common is the name Caye?
In Brazil, the national register counted 707 people named Caye, about 1 in 299 thousand residents.

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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, “Caye”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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