Bay
[beɪ]Meaning
recorded as a given name in medieval Russian, medieval English and Vietnamese
Background Story
Bay is recorded as a given name in Medieval Russian, where it was masculine, and in Medieval English and Vietnamese, where it was used for both men and women. These records are user-submitted entries rather than the reference work's own, so they show only that the name is used, in which languages, and as which gender.
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