Klay
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning clay; earthen material.
Klay by the numbers
In 2025, 10 babies in England and Wales were named Klay. In the US, 75 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 97 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Klay. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Kray4 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Klay
Names that are said the same way as Klay, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Clayclay; mud or earth352 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean the earth
Like Klay, each of these has the earth in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Brooklynbroken land; a new york borough5,239 in the US (2017)
- Adamman, earth1,431 in England and Wales (2025)
- Georgefarmer, earth worker3,082 in England and Wales (2025)
- Waylonland beside the road2,434 in the US (2017)
- Zionpromised land; the promised city374 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jorgefarmer; worker of the earth1,547 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Klay
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