Ray

in Arkansas

There are 2,481 people with the last name "Ray" in Arkansas.

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Ranking in Arkansas

NameRank
Ray 98
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  1. is 94th most common Cole
  2. is 95th most common Robertson
  3. is 96th most common Hamilton
  4. is 97th most common Simpson
  5. is 98th most common Ray
  6. is 99th most common Alexander
  7. is 100th most common Henry
  8. is 101st most common Wells
  9. is 102nd most common Patterson

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Ray

James, Charles, John, Robert, David, William, Michael, Billy, Donald, Kenneth



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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