Updated January 23, 2020

Girl name origins & meanings

  • Latin, Old English : Great
  • English : Tailor

Girl name variations

Tavia
Taves
Taylor
Tailor
Tie

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Middle English : Tailor

Boy name variations

Taylor
Tailor
Tie

How Popular Is The Name Tay

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : possibly a variant of Tye.
  • Jewish (from Poland) : metonymic occupational name for a tea merchant, from central Yiddish tay ‘tea’.
  • Chinese : variant of Zheng.

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