Clay is both an English surname, and a masculine given name. It may be short for Clayton, and sometimes a nickname for Clarence.

Contents

• People with the given name
• People with the nickname
• Fictional characters
• See also
• References

• Clay (surname)

People with the given name

• Clay Aiken (born 1978), American popular music singer
• Clay Buchholz (born 1984), Major League Baseball pitcher for the Boston Red Sox
• Clay Calvert American lawyer and academic
• Clay Martin Croker (1962–2016), American voice actor and animator
• Clay Dalrymple (born 1936), former American professional baseball player
• Clay Dreslough, American video game designer
• Clay Guida (born 1981), American mixed martial artist
• Clay Hensley (born 1979), American baseball player
• Clay Higgins (born 1961), American politician
• Clay Iles (1942–2026), British tennis player and coach
• Clay Jenkins (born 1964), American politician and lawyer
• Clay S. Jenkinson (born 1955), American Rhodes Scholar and popular historical re-enactor
• Clay Johnston (academic), American neurologist and university administrator
• Clay Johnston (American football) (born 1996), American football player
• Clay Kaytis (born 1973), American animator and director
• Clay Matthews Sr. (1928–2017), American football player
• Clay Matthews Jr. (born 1956), American football player, son of the above
• Clay Matthews III (born 1986), American football player, son of the above
• Clay Riley, American politician
• Clay Milner Russell (born 1999), English actor
• Clay V. Spear (c. 1914 –1974), American associate justice of the Idaho Supreme Court
• Clay Spohn (1898–1977) American visual artist, educator
• Clay Sweeting, Bahamian politician
• Clay Travis (born 1979), American sports journalist
• Clay Walker (born 1969), American country music singer
• Clay Webb (born 2000), American football player
• Clay (born 1999), pseudonym Dream, American YouTuber and Minecraft gamer

People with the nickname

• Clay Cook (born 1978), American guitarist, keyboardist, mandolinist, steel guitarist, and vocalist in Zac Brown Band
• Clay Regazzoni (1939–2006), Swiss racing car driver

Fictional characters

• Clay, the MudWing from Wings of Fire (novel series)
• Clay, the first host of Playhouse Disney
• Clay Bailey, in the American animated television series Xiaolin Showdown
• Clay Calloway, from the film Sing 2
• Clay Davis, in American TV series The Wire
• Clay Jensen, in the novel and Netflix series 13 Reasons Why
• Clay Kaczmarek, from the Assassin's Creed games
• Clay Moorington, a character in Nexo Knights
• Clay Morrow, from American TV series Sons of Anarchy
• Clay Puppington, a main character from the American TV series Moral Orel
• Clay Simons, in the game Grand Theft Auto: The Lost and Damned
• Clay Terran, from the game series Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies
• Caduceus Clay, from the American web series Critical Role
• Faceas Clay, an antagonist from the Strider Hiryu manga and NES game
• Clay, a villager from the Nintendo Switch game “Animal Crossing”
• Lincoln Clay, from the video game Mafia III

See also

• Claye

References

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List of people with the same nickname

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