'''Keay''' is an English surname, pronounced [keɪ] (KAY);<ref>''BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names'' (Oxford UP, 1971), p. 78.</ref> It is a variant of the surname Kay.<ref>Patrick Hanks, ''Dictionary of American Family Names'' (Oxford UP, 2003), p. 286.</ref>
Notable people with the surname include:
*Anna Keay (born 1974), British historian *Jack Keay (born 1960), Scottish footballer *John Keay (born 1941), British historian, journalist and writer *John Seymour Keay (1839-1909), Scottish businessman and a Member of UK Parliament *Nigel Keay (born 1955), New Zealand musician *Ronald William John Keay (1920–1998), British botanist *Watty Keay (1871–1943), Scottish footballer
==See also== *5007 Keay, main-belt asteroid *Keays, a surname
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