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Names that end in y

  1. Brantly
    • Gilley
      • Mackay
        • Origin:

          Gaelic, variation of Mackayla
        • Meaning:

          "son of Aodh; who is like God"
        • Description:

          MacKay is the Anglicized form of Mac Aodha, meaning "son of Aodh" in Gaelic. Aodh is the origin of names such as Aidan and Hugh, making McKay a subtle way to honor people with those names. It could also work as an alternative for of Mackayla, derived from Michael, or to honor a Kay.
      • Cay
        • Origin:

          Spelling variation of Kai or short form of Cayden, Cayson et al
        • Description:

          There were no baby boys named Cay born in the US last year, but there's no reason why there couldn't be, especially with the rise in popularity of the similar Kai as well as the nouveau proper names Cayden, Cayson and so on. Cay Dose was an 18th century German architect and Christian Cay Lorenz Hirschfeld was a German garden historian of the same era.
      • Gussy
        • Lory
          • Ethelmary
            • Origin:

              English combination of Ethel + Mary
            • Meaning:

              "noble + drop of the sea, bitter, beloved"
            • Description:

              A unique and vintage-feeling combo name, borne by silent child film star Ethelmary Oakland.
          • Genly
            • Origin:

              Modern literary name
            • Description:

              The main diplomat character of Ursula K. Le Guin's 1969 novel The Left Hand of Darkness has an unexpectedly modern-sounding name. Le Guin pronounced it with a hard G, but she thought "the reader has the right to pronounce a made-up name or word just the way she or he wants to."
          • Abey
            • Cortney
              • Zakery
                • Bogy
                  • Ysmay
                    • Origin:

                      Medieval variation of Esmee
                  • Lesy
                    • Emmery
                      • Randey
                        • Langly
                          • Maizey
                            • Ramzey
                              • Kiley