Ray

in North Carolina

There are 6,120 people with the last name "Ray" in North Carolina.

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Ranking in North Carolina

NameRank
Ray 107
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  1. is 103rd most common Gibson
  2. is 104th most common Webb
  3. is 105th most common Alexander
  4. is 106th most common Martinez
  5. is 107th most common Ray
  6. is 108th most common Harrison
  7. is 109th most common Butler
  8. is 110th most common Ross
  9. is 111th most common Howell

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Ray

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



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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