Ray

in Missouri

There are 3,773 people with the last name "Ray" in Missouri.

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Ranking in Missouri

NameRank
Ray 104
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  1. is 100th most common Crawford
  2. is 101st most common Robertson
  3. is 102nd most common Griffin
  4. is 103rd most common Butler
  5. is 104th most common Ray
  6. is 105th most common Tucker
  7. is 106th most common Payne
  8. is 107th most common Alexander
  9. is 108th most common Simpson

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Ray

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



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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