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From a Middle English occupational name for a clay worker, or a habitational name, from Old English clǣġ (“clay”).

Clay (countable and uncountable, plural Clays)

A surname originating as an occupation.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
- 1968, Patrick White, “Clay”, in The Burnt Ones, Penguin Books, page 114:
  When he was about five years old some kids asked Clay why his mother had called him that. And he did not know. But began to wonder.
- 2025 November 18, Brandon Drenon, “The only 'no' vote on releasing Epstein files”, in BBC‎:
  The lone "nay" came from the Republican lawmaker from Louisiana, Clay Higgins, who defied his party saying his vote was a principled "NO".
A diminutive of the male given name Clayton.
A number of places in the United States:
1. A city in Jefferson County, Alabama.
2. A census-designated place in Sacramento County, California.
3. A home rule city in Webster County, Kentucky, named after Henry Clay.
4. An unincorporated community in Adair County, Missouri.
5. A town in Onondaga County, New York, named after Henry Clay.
6. An unincorporated community in Franklin Township, Jackson County, Ohio.
7. A census-designated place in Burleson County, Texas.
8. A town, the county seat of Clay County, West Virginia.
9. A ghost town in the town of Komensky, Jackson County, Wisconsin.
10. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Clay Township.
Ellipsis of Clay County.