Begay Family History
Begay Name Meaning
Native American (Navajo): from an American English spelling of the Navajo word biyeʼ (also bigheʼ) ‘his son’. In most cases this was originally part of longer personal names coming after the father's name. It was attributed to Navajos by whites who mistook it for a surname. Begay is the most common surname of Native American origin in general. Compare Bia
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022