Given name & surname
Lady
“one who kneads bread; the head of the house”
Lady is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “one who kneads bread; the head of the house.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “one who kneads bread; the head of the house.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1884. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lady through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,068
- 0 boys · 2,068 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 48 babies
- 2025
- 20
- #6,029 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −35%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 20 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 6,029 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 35.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 48 in 2016. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 10,711 as a first name in 2020; 4,063 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Lady’s family of names
Lady has a related form in Ladi. Lady has a related form in Laidy. Lady has a related form in Ladea.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 15
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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