Kay

The name Kay is found both as a surname and as 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). The alternative spelling of Kaye is encountered as a surname, but also occasionally as a given name: for instance, actress Kaye Ballard.

Female

 * Kay Armen (1915–2011), stage name of Armenuhi Manoogian, American Armenian singer
 * Kay Burley (born 1960), Sky News founder and presenter
 * Kay B. Cobb (1942–2023), American judge
 * Kay Copland, Scottish sport shooter
 * Kay Elson (born 1947), Australian politician
 * Kay Francis (1905–1968), American actress
 * Kay Hagan (1953–2019), American politician
 * Kay Hull (born 1954), Australian politician
 * Kay Bailey Hutchison (born 1943), American lawyer, politician, and diplomat
 * Kay Ivey (born 1944), governor of Alabama
 * Kay Kendall (1927–1959), British actress and comedian
 * Kay Kinsman (1909–1998), Canadian artist and writer
 * Kay Lahusen (1930–2021), American photographer, writer and gay rights activist
 * Kay Matheson (1928-2013), teacher, Gaelic scholar, one of four students involved in the 1950 removal of the Stone of Scone.
 * Kay Mazzo (born 1946), American ballet dancer and educator
 * Kay A. Orr (1939), 36th governor of Nebraska, US
 * Kay Toinette K. T. Oslin (1942–2020), American country music singer-songwriter
 * Kay Panabaker (born 1990), American actress
 * Kay Parker (1944–2022), English pornographic actress
 * Kay Purcell (1963–2020), English actress
 * Kay Redfield Jamison (born 1946), American psychologist and writer
 * Kay Starr (1922–2016), stage name of Katherine Starks, American pop and jazz singer
 * Kay Thompson (1909–1998), American author
 * Kay Tse (born 1977), Hong Kong Cantopop singer
 * Kay (singer) (born 1985), Canadian singer-songwriter
 * Kay Young (born 1944), Canadian politician

Male

 * Kay Bell, American football player and professional wrestler
 * Kay Christofferson, American politician
 * Kay van Dijk, Dutch volleyball player
 * Kay Kyser, American bandleader and radio personality
 * Kay Nielsen, Danish illustrator
 * Kay Pollak, Swedish film director
 * Kay Stephenson, American football player and coach
 * Prince Kay One, German singer and rapper
 * Jay Kay, British musician and frontman of British band Jamiroquai

Fictional characters

 * Agent K, a character in the Men In Black film series and animated series
 * Kay Adams-Corleone, a character in Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather.
 * Sir Kay, character from Arthurian legend
 * Kay Harker, character from the book The Box of Delights by John Masefield.
 * 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
 * Kay, a character in the Vertigo comic series Fables, based on the above.
 * Kay Faraday, a character in Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth
 * Kay Engel, a character in Freier Fall (2013 film).
 * Kay, protagonist from the video game Sea of Solitude
 * Kay Swiss, a character in Scott the Woz