Ray

in Iowa

There are 811 people with the last name "Ray" in Iowa.

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Ranking in Iowa

NameRank
Ray 271
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  1. is 267th most common George
  2. is 268th most common Gross
  3. is 269th most common Mcdermott
  4. is 270th most common Warner
  5. is 271st most common Ray
  6. is 272nd most common Dawson
  7. is 273rd most common Voss
  8. is 274th most common Newman
  9. is 275th most common Mclaughlin

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Ray

Michael, Donald, Robert, Charles, David, Douglas, Brian, Mary, William, Chad



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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