Tay

See also: tay, tây, and Tây

English

Etymology 1

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Proper noun

Tay

1. The longest river in Scotland, United Kingdom, originating on the slopes of Ben Lui and flowing eastwards through the city of Perth before becoming an estuary, the Firth of Tay.
   • 1962 October, G. Freeman Allen, “The New Look in Scotland's Northern Division—II”, in Modern Railways, page 269, photo caption:

     A Metro-Cammell diesel multiple-unit from Dundee approaches Perth on the single-line bridge over the Tay in July, 1961.

2. A river in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada, a left tributary of the Rideau.
3. A township in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.

Derived terms

• Firth of Tay
• Loch Tay
• Newport-on-Tay
• tayberry
• Tay Canal
• Tayport
• Tayside
• Tay Valley

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hokkien 鄭／郑 (tēⁿ), Teochew 鄭／郑 (dên7), or a variant of the English surname Tee.

Proper noun

Tay (countable and uncountable, plural Tays)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Tay is the 16,536^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1736 individuals. Tay is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (58.12%) and White individuals (19.47%).

Etymology 3

Clipping of Taylor.

Proper noun

Tay (countable and uncountable, plural Tays)

1. A diminutive of the unisex given name Taylor.

Derived terms

• Tay Tay

 

Anagrams

• AYT, Yat, yat

Turkish

Proper noun

Tay

1. a male given name