Kay
The name Kay is both a surname and 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.
Women
- Kay Armen, stage name of Armenuhi Manoogian, American Armenian singer
- Kay Curley Bennett, Navajo artist and writer
- Kay Boyle, American writer
- Kay Burley, Sky News founder and presenter
- Kay B. Cobb, American judge
- Kay Copland, Scottish sport shooter
- Kay Elson, Australian politician
- Kay Francis, American actress
- Kay Hagan, American politician
- Kay Hull, Australian politician
- Kay Bailey Hutchison, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat
- Kay Ivey, governor of Alabama
- Kay Kendall, British actress and comedian
- Kay Kinsman, Canadian artist and writer
- Kay Lahusen, American photographer, writer and gay rights activist
- Kay Matheson, teacher, Gaelic scholar, one of four students involved in the 1950 removal of the Stone of Scone
- Kay Mazzo, American ballet dancer and educator
- Kay A. Orr, 36th governor of Nebraska, US
- Kay Toinette K. T. Oslin, American country music singer-songwriter
- Kay Panabaker, American actress
- Kay Parker, English pornographic actress
- Kay Purcell, English actress
- Kay Redfield Jamison, American psychologist and writer
- Kay Starr, stage name of Katherine Starks, American pop and jazz singer
- Kay Thompson, American author
- Kay Tse, Hong Kong Cantopop singer
- Kay (singer), Canadian singer-songwriter
- F. Kay Wallis, American traditional healer and politician
- Kay Young, Canadian politician
Men
- 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
Fiction
- 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 Stone, Gwyneth Paltrow's character in Marty Supreme
- Kay Swiss, a character in ''Scott the Woz''