Ray

in New Jersey

There are 1,112 people with the last name "Ray" in New Jersey.

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Ranking in New Jersey

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Ray 581
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  1. is 577th most common Mullen
  2. is 578th most common Hurley
  3. is 579th most common Weinstein
  4. is 580th most common John
  5. is 581st most common Ray
  6. is 582nd most common Cordero
  7. is 583rd most common Hutchinson
  8. is 584th most common Burgos
  9. is 585th most common Mooney

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Ray

Charles, William, James, John, Robert, Michael, Barbara, Mary, Thomas, Anthony



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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