Ray

in Michigan

There are 3,276 people with the last name "Ray" in Michigan.

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Ranking in Michigan

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Ray 203
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  1. is 199th most common Little
  2. is 200th most common Willis
  3. is 201st most common Larson
  4. is 202nd most common Knight
  5. is 203rd most common Ray
  6. is 204th most common Reid
  7. is 205th most common Klein
  8. is 206th most common Burke
  9. is 207th most common Stephens

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Ray

James, David, John, Robert, William, Thomas, Michael, Mary, Kenneth, Donald



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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