Delay Name Origin and Family Crest

Begin with the numbers and the Delay surname comes into focus.

Where the name comes from

A family Bible, a parish register or an emigration record often gives the first firm date for a Delay ancestor. We don't publish a meaning for Delay without a reliable source. Our researchers work it out from the records of each family.

According to the 2010 US Census, the Delay surname had 3,616 bearers. French birth records list 1,892 children named Delay between 1891 and 2000. There were 110 such births in the 1890s and 154 in the 1990s.

Arms associated with the name

Heraldry follows families, not surnames. A Delay coat of arms, where one exists, belonged to a specific line.

Get the complete Delay report, with a museum-style coat of arms.