Ray

in Illinois

There are 3,728 people with the last name "Ray" in Illinois.

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Ranking in Illinois

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Ray 212
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  1. is 208th most common Perkins
  2. is 209th most common Jimenez
  3. is 210th most common Montgomery
  4. is 211th most common Pierce
  5. is 212th most common Ray
  6. is 213th most common Elliott
  7. is 214th most common Nichols
  8. is 215th most common Gardner
  9. is 216th most common Watkins

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Ray

James, Michael, David, Robert, John, Charles, Mary, Donald, Richard, William



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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