Hay (surname)

Hay is an English and Scottish surname, shortened from the Scoto-Norman de la Haye. A common variation is Hayes, and to a lesser degree Haynes, Haines, or Hughes. Notable people with the surname include:

Alexander Hay (disambiguation), several people
Andrew Leith Hay, Scottish soldier, politician and author
Ann Hawkes Hay, American soldier
Arthur Hay, several people
Barry Hay, Dutch musician
Bill Hay, Canadian ice hockey player
Brogan Hay, Scottish footballer
Cody Hay, Canadian figure skater
Colin Hay, Scottish-Australian musician
Daisy Hay, Professor in English Literature
Danny Hay, New Zealand soccer player
David Hay (disambiguation), several people
Dennis Hay, Scottish field hockey player and coach
Denys Hay, British historian
Douglas Hay, New Zealand cricket player and administrator
Edward Hay (disambiguation), several people
Eliza Monroe Hay, American socialite
Elizabeth Hay (disambiguation), several people
Elspeth Hay, British sprinter
Fernando Soto-Hay y Garcia
Florence Hay. American baseball player
Garry Hay, Scottish footballer
George Hay (disambiguation), several people
Gilbert Hay (disambiguation), several people
Grace Marguerite Hay Drummond-Hay, British journalist and aviation pioneer
Graham Hay, Scottish footballer
Harry Hay, American gay rights activist
Helen Scott Hay, American nurse
Henry Hay (disambiguation), multiple people
Hugh Hay, British World War I flying ace
Ian Hay, pen name of John Hay Beith, British schoolmaster and soldier
James Hay (disambiguation), multiple people
Jocelyn Hay, British journalist
John Hay (disambiguation), various including:
* John Hay, American politician
* John Hay (Henley MP), British politician
* John MacDougall Hay, Scottish novelist
* Sir John Dalrymple-Hay, 3rd Baronet, British admiral
* Sir John Hay, 6th Baronet, British politician
* Lord John Hay (disambiguation), several people
Kathryn Hay, Australian politician
Keith Hay, New Zealand businessman
Logan Hay, American lawyer, historian, and politician
Louise Hay, American New Age writer
Louise Hay, French-born American mathematician
Louise Linton, Scottish-American actor
Lucy Hay, Countess of Carlisle, English courtier
Margaret Fordyce Dalrymple Hay, Australian librarian
Lady Margaret Hay, British courtier
Marion E. Hay, American politician
Mark Hay, American marine ecologist
Mary Hay (actress), American stage and screen actress
Mary Garrett Hay, American suffragist
Mavis Doriel Hay, British author and craftswoman
Merle Hay, American soldier
Millar Hay, Scottish footballer
Milton Hay, American lawyer and politician
Oliver Perry Hay, American palaeontologist
R.W. Hay, British public official.
Richard Hay, Indian politician and Member of Parliament
Robert Hay (disambiguation), several people
Roger Hay, British World War I flying ace
Roy Hay (horticulturalist), English horticultural journalist and broadcaster
Roy Hay (musician), British keyboard player
Sir Rupert Hay, British Indian Army officer and administrator in British India
Samuel McClellan Hay, American banker and politician in Wisconsin
Samuel Ross Hay, American Methodist bishop
Udney Hay, American soldier, politician
Trevor Hay, Australian chess master
Walter Hay, Scottish footballer
Wellington Hay, Canadian politician
Will Hay, British comic actor
William Hay (disambiguation), several people

As aristocratic Scottish family name :