Definition of "Clay"

Clay

/kleɪ/

proper noun
countable and uncountable, plural Clays
1. A surname originating as an occupation.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  Quotations
  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.
  1968, Patrick White, “Clay”, in The Burnt Ones, Penguin Books, page 114
3. A diminutive of the male given name Clayton.
4. A census-designated place in Sacramento County, California, United States.
5. A town, the county seat of Clay County, West Virginia, United States.
6. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Clay Township.
7. Ellipsis of Clay County.