Laye Family Crest & Name History

Seen on a birth certificate or a ship's manifest, Laye is usually a form of Lay. Its meaning, shared with Lay, is “Clearing, meadow”. The extra “e” in Laye is a spelling habit rather than a different name. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. The same family of names includes Laya.

In the 2010 US Census, 635 Americans gave Laye as their last name (rank 35,447). Between 1891 and 2000, 1,164 babies born in France were registered as Laye, with the most births in 1961–1970.

There is no single Laye family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were. Get the complete Laye report, with a museum-style coat of arms.