# Kay > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kay > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kay.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay > Source revision: 1347781615 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{about|the name}} {{Infobox name | name = Kay | image = | image_size = | caption = | pronunciation = '''''[K](/source/K)''''' | gender = [Unisex](/source/Unisex_name) | meaning = | region = | origin = | related names = [Katty](/source/Katty), [Kaye](/source/Kaye_(disambiguation)), [Kayanna](/source/Kayanna), [Kail](/source/Kail), [Kayla](/source/Kayla_(name)), [Kaylee](/source/Kaylee), [Kaylin](/source/Kaylin_(given_name)), Kaylynn, Kaylinn | footnotes = }} The name '''Kay''' is both [a surname](/source/Kay_(surname)) and a given name. In English-speaking countries, it is usually a feminine name, often a short form of Katherine or one of its variants; but it is also used as a first name in its own right, and also as a masculine name (for example in India, the Netherlands, and Sweden). ==Women== * [Kay Armen](/source/Kay_Armen) (1915–2011), stage name of Armenuhi Manoogian, American Armenian singer * [Kay Curley Bennett](/source/Kay_Curley_Bennett) (1922–1997), Navajo artist and writer * [Kay Boyle](/source/Kay_Boyle) (1902–1992), American writer * [Kay Burley](/source/Kay_Burley) (born 1960), Sky News founder and presenter * [Kay B. Cobb](/source/Kay_B._Cobb) (1942–2023), American judge * [Kay Copland](/source/Kay_Copland), Scottish sport shooter * [Kay Elson](/source/Kay_Elson) (born 1947), Australian politician * [Kay Francis](/source/Kay_Francis) (1905–1968), American actress * [Kay Hagan](/source/Kay_Hagan) (1953–2019), American politician * [Kay Hull](/source/Kay_Hull) (born 1954), Australian politician * [Kay Bailey Hutchison](/source/Kay_Bailey_Hutchison) (born 1943), American lawyer, politician, and diplomat * [Kay Ivey](/source/Kay_Ivey) (born 1944), governor of Alabama * [Kay Kendall](/source/Kay_Kendall) (1927–1959), British actress and comedian * [Kay Kinsman](/source/Kay_Kinsman) (1909–1998), Canadian artist and writer * [Kay Lahusen](/source/Kay_Lahusen) (1930–2021), American photographer, writer and gay rights activist * [Kay Matheson](/source/Kay_Matheson) (1928–2013), teacher, Gaelic scholar, one of four students involved in the [1950 removal of the Stone of Scone](/source/1950_removal_of_the_Stone_of_Scone) * [Kay Mazzo](/source/Kay_Mazzo) (born 1946), American ballet dancer and educator * [Kay A. Orr](/source/Kay_A._Orr) (1939), 36th governor of Nebraska, US * Kay Toinette [K. T. Oslin](/source/K._T._Oslin) (1942–2020), American country music singer-songwriter * [Kay Panabaker](/source/Kay_Panabaker) (born 1990), American actress * [Kay Parker](/source/Kay_Parker) (1944–2022), English pornographic actress * [Kay Purcell](/source/Kay_Purcell) (1963–2020), English actress * [Kay Redfield Jamison](/source/Kay_Redfield_Jamison) (born 1946), American psychologist and writer * [Kay Starr](/source/Kay_Starr) (1922–2016), stage name of Katherine Starks, American pop and jazz singer * [Kay Thompson](/source/Kay_Thompson) (1909–1998), American author * [Kay Tse](/source/Kay_Tse) (born 1977), Hong Kong Cantopop singer * [Kay (singer)](/source/Kay_(singer)) (born 1985), Canadian singer-songwriter * [F. Kay Wallis](/source/F._Kay_Wallis) (born {{Circa|1944}}), American traditional healer and politician * [Kay Young](/source/Kay_Young) (born 1944), Canadian politician ==Men== * [Kay Bell](/source/Kay_Bell), American football player and professional wrestler * [Kay Christofferson](/source/Kay_Christofferson), American politician * [Kay van Dijk](/source/Kay_van_Dijk), Dutch volleyball player * [Kay Kyser](/source/Kay_Kyser), American bandleader and radio personality * [Kay Nielsen](/source/Kay_Nielsen), Danish illustrator * [Kay Pollak](/source/Kay_Pollak), Swedish film director * [Kay Stephenson](/source/Kay_Stephenson), American football player and coach * [Prince Kay One](/source/Prince_Kay_One), German singer and rapper *Jay Kay, British musician and frontman of British band [Jamiroquai](/source/Jamiroquai) ==Fiction== * [Agent K](/source/Agent_K), a character in the ''Men In Black'' film series and animated series * [Kay Adams-Corleone](/source/Kay_Adams-Corleone), a character in Mario Puzo's novel ''The Godfather'' * [Sir Kay](/source/Sir_Kay), character from Arthurian legend * [Kay Harker](/source/Kay_Harker), character from the book ''The Box of Delights'' by John Masefield * [Kay](/source/Legend_of_Kay), a protagonist in the video game ''Legend of Kay'' * Kay, also spelled Kai, a character in Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale ''[The Snow Queen](/source/The_Snow_Queen)'' * [Kay](/source/List_of_characters_in_Fables), a character in the Vertigo comic series ''Fables'', based on the above * [Kay Faraday](/source/List_of_characters_in_the_Ace_Attorney_series), a character in ''Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth'' * Kay Engel, a character in [''Freier Fall (2013 film)''](/source/Free_Fall_(2013_film)) * Kay, protagonist from the video game [Sea of Solitude](/source/Sea_of_Solitude) * Kay Stone, [Gwyneth Paltrow](/source/Gwyneth_Paltrow)'s character in ''[Marty Supreme](/source/Marty_Supreme)'' * Kay Swiss, a character in ''[Scott the Woz](/source/Scott_the_Woz)'' ==See also== * [K](/source/K), the eleventh letter in the Latin alphabet * [Kai](/source/Kai_(name)) * [Kay (surname)](/source/Kay_(surname)) * [Kay Musical Instrument Company](/source/Kay_Musical_Instrument_Company), a US musical instrument manufacturer * [Hurricane Kay (disambiguation)](/source/Hurricane_Kay_(disambiguation)) *[Kaya (disambiguation)](/source/Kaya_(disambiguation)) *[Kaye (disambiguation)](/source/Kaye_(disambiguation)) *[Kayla (disambiguation)](/source/Kayla_(disambiguation)) *[Kaylee](/source/Kaylee) {{Given name}} Category:English feminine given names Category:Feminine given names Category:English masculine given names Category:Masculine given names Category:English unisex given names --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Kay](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay?action=history)). 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