Alay is a boy's name of Turkish origin meaning “or obvious derivation.” It is a rare choice in US records.
Alay at a glance
Gender
Boy name
Origin
Turkish
Meaning
“or obvious derivation”
About the name Alay
Alay belongs to the Turkish tradition. Its meaning — “or obvious derivation” — is the sense carried by its Turkish roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Alay first appears in Social Security records in 2007. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #10829 in 2017, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 17 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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