Ray

in Louisiana

There are 2,163 people with the last name "Ray" in Louisiana.

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Ranking in Louisiana

NameRank
Ray 198
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  1. is 194th most common Ardoin
  2. is 195th most common Mcgee
  3. is 196th most common Mason
  4. is 197th most common Chapman
  5. is 198th most common Ray
  6. is 199th most common Hicks
  7. is 200th most common Stephens
  8. is 201st most common Mcdaniel
  9. is 202nd most common Riley

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Ray

John, James, Charles, William, Michael, Robert, David, Mary, Kevin, Linda



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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