Ray

in Minnesota

There are 767 people with the last name "Ray" in Minnesota.

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Ranking in Minnesota

NameRank
Ray 473
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  1. is 469th most common Bloom
  2. is 470th most common Hudson
  3. is 471st most common Lehman
  4. is 472nd most common Wilcox
  5. is 473rd most common Ray
  6. is 474th most common Voigt
  7. is 475th most common Webster
  8. is 476th most common Bakke
  9. is 477th most common Craig

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Ray

David, Robert, Thomas, Steven, Ronald, Timothy, James, Mark, Michael, Daniel



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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