Last name: GUAY
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Last name frequency
GUAY : This last name is indexed 264,085 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
GUAY : 1: French: variant of Gay ‘cheerful’.2: Altered form of French Guyet: derivative of Guy 1.3: Altered form of French Guet or Le Guet: occupational name from Old French guet ‘lookout; watchman’.
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