Tay
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Etymology 1 edit
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Tay
- 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.
- A river in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada, a left tributary of the Rideau.
- A township in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.
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Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Hokkien 鄭/郑 (tēⁿ), Teochew 鄭/郑 (dên7), or a variant of the English surname Tee.
Proper noun edit
Tay (countable and uncountable, plural Tays)
- A surname.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Tay is the 16,536th 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 edit
Proper noun edit
Tay (countable and uncountable, plural Tays)
- A diminutive of the unisex given name Taylor.
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Proper noun edit
Tay
- a male given name