Given name & surname

Palay

Palay is a surname from Occitan. It is used in French.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Palay comes from Occitan.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Occitan Palai.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Palay’s family of names

Palay has a related form in PARAY. In French usage, Palay as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Occitan form PALAI.

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Nicknames & forms 1

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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