Given name & surname
Lafay
“a lighthearted man”
Lafay is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “a lighthearted man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “a lighthearted man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1936. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lafay through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11
- 0 boys · 11 girls
- Most popular year
- 1936
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1960. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 6 in 1936. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 281 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.
Lafay’s family of names
Lafay has a related form in Lafaye. Lafay has a related form in Lafae. Lafay has a related form in Lafai.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Lafayevariant
- Laffaylikely variant
- Lapheevariant
- Lafeevariant
- Laphayevariant
- Laphaevariant
- Laphaivariant
- Laphayvariant
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