Ray

in Ohio

There are 4,084 people with the last name "Ray" in Ohio.

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Ranking in Ohio

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Ray 202
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  1. is 198th most common Rodriguez
  2. is 199th most common Wise
  3. is 200th most common Griffith
  4. is 201st most common Barnett
  5. is 202nd most common Ray
  6. is 203rd most common Brewer
  7. is 204th most common Davidson
  8. is 205th most common Zimmerman
  9. is 206th most common Lane

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Ray

James, Robert, David, John, William, Michael, Richard, Donald, Mary, 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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