From the English origin, it appears to have come from a few sources: it was an occupational name for a dairy maid in some parts od Enland and Scotand; it was a derivation from David; and in some cases the name came from the word (d'eye).
Variations in spelling include: Day, Dea, Dey, Daye, Deie and others.
First found in Somerset. Early citings of this name includ Aluric Day, in the Pipe Rolls for Buckinghamshire, Ralph Deie, in 1211, who was among those listed in the Register of the Freemen of Leicester.
From House of names.com
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