Ray

in Kentucky

There are 3,308 people with the last name "Ray" in Kentucky.

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Ranking in Kentucky

NameRank
Ray 102
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  1. is 98th most common Watson
  2. is 99th most common Bennett
  3. is 100th most common Henderson
  4. is 101st most common Barnes
  5. is 102nd most common Ray
  6. is 103rd most common Osborne
  7. is 104th most common Bowling
  8. is 105th most common Long
  9. is 106th most common Barnett

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Ray

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



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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