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The slay Surname

slay Name Meaning and History

from Middle English slaye (Old English slege, from slean ‘to strike’), a metonymic occupational name for a slay maker, an implement used in weaving to push the weft thread tightly against the thread of the preceding pass of the shuttle.
topographic name from Middle English slay ‘grassy slope’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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Distribution of slay Families in the US in 1920

Number of slay families

49-96

17-48

1-16

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Thread	Author	Replies
Clark D. Slay/Andrew Slay OHIO	cafogleleet	0
Eunice Slay - Missippi / Texas	nevadaties	5
William Sidney Slay SC>AL>.MS>LA	Larry Van Horn	5
Slay Family E-Mail List ?	Gayle Hennington-Van Horn	4
slay family history	laura bradley	36
Isom Slay and Emanuel Slay	mzzvv7	0
SLAY Mildred B 1908-1994	t42MountOlivet	0
SLAY Ray C Sr 1900-1978	t42MountOlivet	0
Slay, Robert, William, Thomas, Thomas	Janice Slay	6
texas slays	brownsuga25t	0

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