Names that end in y
- Pompey
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"five"Description:
Roman statesman and Caesar rival whose name, like other classical choices, was occasionally used for enslaved people. The Pompeo version could rise again.
- Kurrency
Origin:
Variation of Currency, English word nameMeaning:
"system of money"Description:
Both Currency and Kurrency appeared on the charts in 2020, following the bold trend of money-related names for babies.
- Lesly
Origin:
Variation of LeslieDescription:
Overly-streamlined Leslie variation holding on at the bottom of the Top 1000.
- Lesley
- Waverley
- Shermy
- Gordy
- Maylily
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"flower name"Description:
A beautiful smoosh of two stylish vintage girl names, May and Lily, but also the name of a pretty lily of the valley flower with small white blooms.
- Joedy
- Gaby
- Pary
- Jacky
- Vally
- Henny
- Wassily
- Ketzaly
Origin:
Nahuatl, Native American, variation of QuetzalliMeaning:
"feather, precious thing"Description:
This phonetic spelling of Quetzalli — a rare and lovely Nahuatl name, which literally means "quetzal feather" after the quetzal bird — was given to around the same number of baby girls as the original in 2022 (a few dozen).
- Jatziry
Origin:
AztecMeaning:
"dewdrop"Description:
This name of Aztec origin has the lovely possible meaning of "dewdrop". Both the Jatziry and Jatziri spellings were given to a few dozen baby girls in 2022.
- Hy
Origin:
Diminutive of Hyman, HebrewMeaning:
"life"Description:
Hy was once a nickname for Hyman, a Jewish Anglicization of Chaim. Today it has gone extinct, for obvious reasons.
- Radly
- Cailey
Origin:
Variation of Kaylee or CeilidhMeaning:
"laurel, crown; companion, dance, music"Description:
One of many spellings of Kaylee, itself a name created from Kay and Lee or from Kelila; or, an anglicization of the Gaelic Ceilidh, meaning "companion" but generally referring to a social occasion of dancing, music, and story telling.