Ray

in Alabama

There are 4,413 people with the last name "Ray" in Alabama.

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Ranking in Alabama

NameRank
Ray 91
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  1. is 87th most common Knight
  2. is 88th most common Hudson
  3. is 89th most common Hayes
  4. is 90th most common Harrison
  5. is 91st most common Ray
  6. is 92nd most common Jenkins
  7. is 93rd most common Cole
  8. is 94th most common Stephens
  9. is 95th most common Perry

Similar Names and Nicknames

Roy, Rao, Rau, Rey, Rae, Rai, Ra, Ruy, Raw, Rhy

Most Common First Names for Ray

James, Charles, William, Robert, John, Michael, Mary, Thomas, David, Jimmy



Meaning & History

Ray

English (of Norman origin): nickname denoting someone who behaved in a regal fashion or who had earned the title in some contest of skill or by presiding over festivities, from Old French rey, roy ‘king’. Occasionally this was used as a personal name.

English: nickname for a timid person, from Middle English ray ‘female roe deer’ or northern Middle English ray ‘roebuck’.

English: variant of Rye (1 and 2).

English: habitational name, a variant spelling of Wray.

Scottish: reduced and altered form of McRae.

French: from a noun derivative of Old French raier ‘to gush, stream, or pour’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived near a spring or rushing stream, or a habitational name from a place called Ray.

Indian: variant of Rai.


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