The delay Surname
delay Name Meaning and History
- Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Duinnshléibhe ‘descendant of Donn Sleibhe’ (see Dunleavy).
- Altered spelling of Delaye, habitational name denoting someone from Lay (Loire), or from Laye (Hautes-Alpes, Eure, Loire, etc.).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Indiana Delay | Shirley Patterson | 6 |
| Betty Lane Delay |
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| Kansas Delay | Barbara Crabtree Chaffin | 8 |
| James Delay - Ireland > North Carolina |
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| Stoddard County Missouri |
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| Delia DeLay from Missouri |
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| Do you know this DeLay family line????????? |
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| Sarah Hogbin Delay |
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| name DELAY in France | DELAY Gabriel | 16 |
| Mamie Gertrude Delay - Obituary |
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