Ray

in California

There are 6,599 people with the last name "Ray" in California.

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Ranking in California

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Ray 373
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  1. is 369th most common Davidson
  2. is 370th most common Ngo
  3. is 371st most common Esparza
  4. is 372nd most common Enriquez
  5. is 373rd most common Ray
  6. is 374th most common Montgomery
  7. is 375th most common Avalos
  8. is 376th most common Newman
  9. is 377th most common Salinas

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Ray

Michael, Robert, James, David, John, Richard, William, Thomas



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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