Names that end in y

While all spellings of these name are off their popularity peak, Brittney gained some recent notice as the name of the American basketball player arrested in Russian, Brittney Griner.

Cay is a rare respelling of the retro nickname Kay but one that may gain ground as a name that's both simple and unique. Like Kay, it can be a diminutive for any of the hundreds of Catherine variations that start with a C or of more modern names such as Caylee or Cadence. Or it can stand on its own as a sleek contemporary nickname-name.

One for the star-gazers and space lovers! It sounds fantastical, but the more we say it, the more this feels like it could be a real name.

An aristocratic French surname which is synonymous with the indulged child created by Frances Hodgson Burnett in her book Little Lord Fauntleroy. Fauntleroy is also Donald Duck's middle name.

Faraday is a whimsical Scottish surname that works equally well as a first name for girls or boys.

Since the 2000s, Keidy has risen from obscurity to being used more than 150 times in 2023. Borne by Venezuelan model and photographer, Keidy Moreno Marín, Estonian skier, Keidy Kaasiku, model Keidy Garces, and influencer Keidy Ramirez, the exact origin of Keidy is unknown. It is likely however, that it is a Spanish and Estonian inspired variation of Katie, a diminutive of the Katherine- family of names. A less likely possibility is that it is a variation of Keid, a star in the Eridanus constellation, whose name comes from Arabic to mean "eggshells".

Primarily used in Latin America, but a small number of American girls have been named Suheily each year since 1999.

Royalty is a super-hot name for girls, but there's no reason it can't be used for boys too. In fact it is, but only about 5 percent of the time, making it one of those unisex names whose usage is tipped so far toward one gender that it isn't truly unisex. But still, English words are usually not intrinsically gendered so Royalty is perfectly appropriate for boys as well as girls and is one of the fastest-rising unisex names.