Kay (surname)
Kay is an English surname. It derives from the Old Breton and Welsh ''cai'' and the Cornish ''key'' meaning "wharf", or from the Old English ''coeg'' meaning "key". The surname is also a diminutive of MacKay and McKay. Notable people with this ...
) and as a given name. In English-speaking countries, it is usually a feminine name, often a short form of Katherine or one of its variants; but it is also used as a first name in its own right, and also as a masculine name (for example in India, the Netherlands, and Sweden). The alternative spelling of Kaye is encountered as a surname, but also occasionally as a given name: for instance, actress
Kaye Ballard
Kaye Ballard (November 20, 1925 – January 21, 2019) was an American actress, comedian, and singer.
Early life
Ballard was born Catherine Gloria Balotta in Cleveland, Ohio, one of four children born to Italian immigrant parents, Lena (née Nac ...
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Female
* Kay Armen (1915–2011), stage name of Armenuhi Manoogian, American Armenian singer
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Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison (born Kathryn Ann Bailey; July 22, 1943) is an American attorney, television correspondent, politician, diplomat, and was the 22nd United States Permanent Representative to NATO from 2017 until 2021. A member of the Republic ...
(born 1943), American lawyer, politician, and diplomat
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Kay (singer)
Goldie Boutilier (born Kristin Kathleen Boutilier, July 31, 1988), known previously by her stage names My Name Is Kay, Kay, and Goldilox, is a Canadian singer, songwriter, model and DJ.
Born and raised in Reserve Mines, Nova Scotia, Boutilier m ...
(born 1985), Canadian singer-songwriter
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Kay Burley
Kay Burley (born Kay McGurrin; 17 December 1960) is a British broadcaster and writer. She is a presenter on Sky News and hosts '' Kay Burley'', the breakfast slot on the channel. She also worked for BBC Local Radio, Tyne Tees Television, and ...
(born 1960), Sky News founder and presenter
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Kay Copland
Kay Copland is a Scottish sport shooter.
Copland competed at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and common ...
, Scottish sport shooter
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Kay Elson
Kay Selma Elson (born 25 January 1947), Australian politician, was a Liberal Member of the Australian House of Representatives from March 1996 until her retirement in November 2007. Kay represented the Division of Forde, Queensland.Kay Francis (1905–1968), American actress
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Kay Hagan
Janet Kay Hagan (née Ruthven; May 26, 1953 – October 28, 2019) was an American lawyer, banking executive, and politician who served as a United States Senator from North Carolina from 2009 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, she previ ...
(1953–2019), American politician
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Kay Hull
Kay Elizabeth Hull (born 3 February 1954) is a former Australian politician who served as a National Party member of the House of Representatives from 1998 to 2010, representing the Division of Riverina in New South Wales.
Hull was born in Gu ...
(born 1954), Australian politician
* Kay Kendall (1927–1959), British actress and comedian
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Kay Kinsman
Katherine Nixon Bell (June 27, 1909 – 1998), known as Kay Kinsman, was an artist, writer and student of history and languages. She is noted for her works created with watercolour or in pen and ink depicting street views and everyday life. As an a ...
(1909–1998), Canadian artist and writer
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Kay Lahusen
Katherine Lahusen (also known as Kay Tobin; January 5, 1930 – May 26, 2021) was an American photographer, writer and gay rights activist. She was the first openly lesbian American photojournalist.Riordan, Kevin (Fall 2001). "Together they spar ...
(1930–2021), American photographer, writer and gay rights activist
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Kay Matheson
Kay Matheson (7 December 1928 – 6 July 2013) was a Scottish teacher, political activist, and Gaelic scholar. She was one of the four University of Glasgow students involved in the 1950 removal of the Stone of Scone.
Life
Matheson was born ...
(1928-2013), teacher, Gaelic scholar, one of four students involved in the
1950 removal of the Stone of Scone
On Christmas Day 1950, four Scottish students from the University of Glasgow ( Ian Hamilton, Gavin Vernon, Kay Matheson and Alan Stuart) stole the Stone of Scone from Westminster Abbey in London and took it back to Scotland. The students were ...
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Kay Mazzo
Kay Mazzo (born January 17, 1946) is an American former ballet dancer and educator. In 1961, she joined Jerome Robbins' company, Ballets USA. The following year, she joined the New York City Ballet, and was promoted to principal dancer in 1969. S ...
(born 1946), American ballet dancer and educator
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Kay A. Orr
Kay Avonne Orr (née Stark; January 2, 1939) is an American politician who served as the 36th governor of Nebraska from 1987 to 1991. A member of the Republican Party, she was the state's first and to date only female governor.
Early life and e ...
(1939), 36th governor of Nebraska, US
* Kay Toinette
K. T. Oslin
Kay Toinette Oslin (May 15, 1942 – December 21, 2020) was an American country music singer-songwriter. She had several years of major commercial success in the late 1980s after signing a record deal at age 45. Oslin had four number one hits and ...
(1942–2020), American country music singer-songwriter
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Kay Panabaker
Stephanie Kay Panabaker (born May 2, 1990) is an American zoologist and retired actress. She is best known for her roles as Jenny Garison in the 2009 reboot of '' Fame'', Debbie Berwick on '' Phil of the Future'', and Nikki Westerly on '' Summerl ...
(born 1990), American actress
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Kay Parker
Kay Taylor Parker (28 August 1944 – 14 October 2022) was a British pornographic film actress who later worked as a metaphysical counselor and mentor. She was the author of an autobiography ''Taboo: Sacred, Don't Touch'' which chronicles her ...
(born 1944), English pornographic actress
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Kay Purcell
Kay Purcell (6 December 1963 – 23 December 2020) was an English actress. She was known for her roles as Cynthia Daggert in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'' (2001–2002), Candice Smilie in the school-based drama series '' Waterloo Road'' (20 ...
(1963–2020), English actress
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Kay Redfield Jamison
Kay Redfield Jamison (born June 22, 1946) is an American clinical psychologist and writer. Her work has centered on bipolar disorder, which she has had since her early adulthood. She holds the post of the Dalio Professor in Mood Disorders and Psy ...
(born 1946), American psychologist and writer
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Kay Starr
Katherine Laverne Starks (July 21, 1922 – November 3, 2016), known professionally as Kay Starr, was an American singer who enjoyed considerable success in the late 1940s and 1950s. She was of Iroquois and Irish heritage. Starr performed multip ...
(1922–2016), stage name of Katherine Starks, American pop and jazz singer
* Kay Tse (born 1977), Hong Kong Cantopop singer
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Kay Thompson
Kay Thompson (born Catherine Louise Fink; November 9, 1909''"In the St. Louis Registry of Births, in the volume covering the period July 1909 – January 1910, on page 85, is the following entry: "Catherine Louise Fink, November 9, 1909."''
(1909–1998), American author
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Kay Bell
Kay Dee Bell (October 14, 1914 – October 27, 1994) was an American football player who played two seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Chicago Bears and New York Giants. He was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the tenth roun ...
, American football player and professional wrestler
* Kay Christofferson, American politician
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Kay van Dijk
Kay van Dijk (born 25 June 1984) is a Dutch volleyball player, a member of Netherlands men's national volleyball team in 2003-2013 and Persian club Peykan Tehran volleyball club, a participant of the Olympic Games Athens 2004, a silver medalist ...
, Dutch volleyball player
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Kay Kyser
James Kern Kyser (June 18, 1905 – July 23, 1985), known as Kay Kyser, was an American bandleader and radio personality of the 1930s and 1940s.
Early years
James Kern Kyser was born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, the son of pharmacists Emily ...
, American bandleader and radio personality
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Kay Pollak
Kay Gunnar Leopold Pollak (born 21 May 1938) is a Swedish film director.
Career
After a long break from film-making, he returned in 2004 with ''As It Is in Heaven'' (''Så som i himmelen''), a major box office success in Sweden. The film was nom ...
Agent K
Agent K (usually called Kay), born Kevin Brown, is a fictional character and one of the two main protagonists of the ''Men in Black'' franchise (the other being Agent J). Kay is portrayed by Tommy Lee Jones in the three films, with Josh Broli ...
, a character in the ''Men In Black'' film series and animated series
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Kay Adams-Corleone
This is a list of characters from the film series ''The Godfather'' consisting of ''The Godfather'' (1972), ''The Godfather Part II'' (1974) and '' The Godfather Part III'' (1990), based on Mario Puzo's best-selling 1969 novel of the same name, a ...
, a character in Mario Puzo's novel ''The Godfather''.
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Sir Kay
In Arthurian legend, Sir Kay ( cy, Cai, Middle Welsh ''Kei'' or ''Cei''; la, Caius; French: ''Keu''; Old French: ''Kès'' or ''Kex'') is King Arthur's foster brother and later seneschal, as well as one of the first Knights of the Round Table. ...
, character from Arthurian legend
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Kay Harker
Kay Harker is a fictional character, the young hero of the books '' The Midnight Folk'' and ''The Box of Delights'' by John Masefield, and the BBC series of ''The Box of Delights
''The Box of Delights'' is a children's fantasy novel by John ...
, character from the book ''The Box of Delights'' by John Masefield.
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Kay
The name Kay is found both as a surname (see Kay (surname)) and as a given name. In English-speaking countries, it is usually a feminine name, often a short form of Katherine or one of its variants; but it is also used as a first name in its own ...
, a protagonist in the video game ''Legend of Kay''.
* Kay, also spelled Kai, a character in Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale ''
The Snow Queen
"The Snow Queen" ( da, Snedronningen) is an original fairy tale by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. It was first published 21 December 1844 in '' New Fairy Tales. First Volume. Second Collection'' (''Nye Eventyr. Første Bind. Anden Samli ...
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Kay
The name Kay is found both as a surname (see Kay (surname)) and as a given name. In English-speaking countries, it is usually a feminine name, often a short form of Katherine or one of its variants; but it is also used as a first name in its own ...
, a character in the Vertigo comic series ''Fables''.
* Kay Faraday, a character in ''Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth''
* Kay Engel, a character in ''Freier Fall (2013 film)''.
* Kay, protagonist from the video game Sea of Solitude
Kay (surname)
Kay is an English surname. It derives from the Old Breton and Welsh ''cai'' and the Cornish ''key'' meaning "wharf", or from the Old English ''coeg'' meaning "key". The surname is also a diminutive of MacKay and McKay. Notable people with this ...
Kaye (disambiguation) Kaye may refer to:
* Kaye (given name)
* Kaye (surname)
*Kayes, city in Mali, sometimes also spelled ''Kaye.''
*the ICAO code for Moore Army Airfield
* KAYE-FM, a radio station (90.7 FM) licensed to Tonkawa, Oklahoma, United States
* Charlene Kaye ...