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Clay name meaning

First Name
38k
in the U.S.
since 1880
Last Name
49k
in the U.S.
in 2010
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Meaning and Origin

What does the name Clay mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.

Origin and Meaning of Clay

User Submitted Origins

English
52%
American
42%
Hebrew
6%

User Submitted Meanings

  1. According to 2 people from Philippines and the United States, the name Clay is of English / Hebrew origin and means "Lord of soil and happiness".
  2. 3 people from Canada and the United States agree the name Clay means "Hardened clay".
  3. A submission from Oregon, U.S. says the name Clay means "God of soil".
  4. A user from New York, U.S. says the name Clay is of American origin and means "Type of soil".
  5. According to 3 people from the United Kingdom and the United States, the name Clay is of English origin and means "Dream".
  6. A user from California, U.S. says the name Clay means "A fictional character from Wings of Fire; the point of view in the first book".
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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
noun Clay
Senses
  1. A soft earth, which is plastic, or may be molded with the hands, consisting of hydrous silicate of aluminium. It is the result of the wearing down and decomposition, in part, of rocks containing aluminous minerals, as granite. Lime, magnesia, oxide of iron, and other ingredients, are often present as impurities.
  2. [Poetry & Script] Earth in general, as representing the elementary particles of the human body; hence, the human body as formed from such particles."I also am formed out of the clay." [Job xxxiii. 6.]"The earth is covered thick with other clay, Which her own clay shall cover." [Byron.]

Etymology: AS. clǣg; akin to LG. klei, D. klei, and perh. to AS. clām clay, L. glus gluten glue, Gr. gloio`s glutinous substance, E. glue. Cf. Clog

verb Clay
Senses
  1. To cover or manure with clay.
  2. To clarify by filtering through clay, as sugar.
Other Dictionary Sources
  1. The dead body of a human being ("honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay")
    Synonyms: cadaver, corpse, remains, and stiff
  2. United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852)
    Synonyms: henry clay and the great compromiser
  3. United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1897-1978)
    Synonyms: lucius clay and lucius dubignon clay
  4. A very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
  5. Water soaked soil; soft wet earth
    Synonyms: mud
Wiktionary

From a Middle English occupational name for a clay worker, or a habitational name, from Old English clǣġ (“clay”).

  1. A surname​.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A diminutive of the male given name Clayton.
  4. A town, the county seat of Clay County, West Virginia, United States.
  5. Ellipsis of Clay County
  6. A census-designated place in Sacramento County, California, United States.
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Notable Persons Named Clay

Notable Persons Named Clay

Clay Matthews III

Clay Matthews III is an athlete. Clay was born on May 14th, 1986 in Los Angeles.

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Clay Aiken

Clay Aiken is a pop music musician. He was most active from 2003 to present. Clay was given the name Clayton Holmes Grissom on November 30th, 1978 in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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Clay Guida

Clay was born on December 8th, 1981 in Round Lake, Illinois, United States.

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Clay Shaw

Clay Shaw was a businessman, director of the international trade mart in new orleans, and new orleans. Clay was given the name Clay LaVerne Shaw on March 17th, 1913 in Kentwood, Louisiana, United States. He died on August 15th, 1974.

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Clay Travis

Clay Travis is a sports journalist, writer, and radio talk show co-host. He was most prominent from 2005 to present. Clay was given the name Richard Clay Travis on April 6th, 1979 in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Clay Regazzoni

Clay Regazzoni is a formula one racer.

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Notable Persons With the Last Name Clay

Notable Persons With the Last Name Clay

Henry Clay

Henry Clay is an office holder. Henry was born on April 12th, 1777 in Hanover County, Virginia.

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Brodus Clay

Brodus was born on February 21st, 1973 in Peabody, Massachusetts. Brodus is also known as G-Rilla; Murdoch and George.

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Andrew Dice Clay

Andrew Dice Clay is a character comedy, observational comedy, improvisational theatre, political satire, insult comedy, ribaldry, and black comedy comedian. Andrew was given the name Andrew Clay Silverstein on September 29th, 1957 in Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

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Cassius Marcellus Clay

Cassius Marcellus Clay was a lawyer, politician, soldier, farmer, and media proprietor. He was most active from 1863 to 1869. His military service ended in 1846. Cassius was born on September 19th, 1810 in Madison County, Kentucky. He left this life on July 22nd, 1903.

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Nicholas Clay

Nicholas was given the name Nicholas Anthony Phillip Clay on September 18th, 1946 in Streatham, London, England, UK. He breathed his last breath on May 25th, 2000.

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Lilith Clay

Lilith Clay is a comics character.

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  • General Lucius D. Clay
    Military Person
  • Jr. William Lacy Clay
    Paralegal
  • Bryan Clay
    Athlete
  • Charles Clay
    Football Player
  • Otis Clay
    Singing
  • Bill Clay
    Congressman
  • Kaelin Clay
    Football Player
  • Craig Clay
    Soccer Player
  • John Clay
    Football Player
  • Laura Clay
    Suffragist
  • Clement Clay
    From Alabama
  • James Brown Clay
    Office Holder
  • Jr. Henry Clay
    Lawyer
  • Jr. Lucius D. Clay

Common last names for Clay

Common first names for Clay

Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity Clay U.S.
█  White 52.74% 64.26%
█  African American 40.50% 11.96%
█  Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 0.49% 4.85%
█  American Indian and Alaska Native 0.94% 0.69%
█  Two or More Ethnicities 2.90% 1.76%
█  Hispanic or Latino 2.43% 16.26%

Of Last Name Clay

People with the last name Clay are most frequently White or African American

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Fun Facts about the name Clay

  • What name lists does Clay rank for?
    #708Popular Surnames
    #104 Last Name First Names
  • How Popular is the name Clay? Clay is the 1,234th most popular name of all time. As a last name Clay was the 708th most popular name in 2010.
  • How many people with the first name Clay have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2019, the Social Security Administration has recorded 37,644 babies born with the first name Clay in the United States. That's more than enough people named Clay to occupy the territory of Sint Maarten (the Netherlands) with an estimated population of 37,429 (as of January 1, 2010).
  • What year were 5 or more babies first named Clay? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1880 when it was given as a first name to 18 new born babies.
  • When was Clay first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Clay is Saturday, January 11th, 1868.
  • What year had the most people named Clay born? The highest recorded use of the first name Clay was in 1960 with a total of 904 babies.
  • Random Clay Factoid: According to the 1988 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Clay ranks 94th in popularity as a baby boy's name in Wyoming. Imagine that, 7 babies in Wyoming have the same name in 1988.
  • Weird things about the name Clay: The name spelled backwards is Yalc. A random rearrangement of the letters in the name (anagram) will give Lcya. How do you pronounce that?
  • How many people have the last name Clay? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 48,844 people with the last name Clay.
  • How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Clay? If you manage to meet 100,000 people in your life, chances are that 17 of them will have Clay as their last name.
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