Ray

in Maryland

There are 1,757 people with the last name "Ray" in Maryland.

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Ranking in Maryland

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Ray 242
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  1. is 238th most common Wolfe
  2. is 239th most common Barrett
  3. is 240th most common Fowler
  4. is 241st most common Bowers
  5. is 242nd most common Ray
  6. is 243rd most common Dawson
  7. is 244th most common Walters
  8. is 245th most common Neal
  9. is 246th most common Webster

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Ray

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



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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