Ray

in Pennsylvania

There are 2,650 people with the last name "Ray" in Pennsylvania.

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Ranking in Pennsylvania

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Ray 318
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  1. is 314th most common Joseph
  2. is 315th most common Duncan
  3. is 316th most common Reilly
  4. is 317th most common Stephens
  5. is 318th most common Ray
  6. is 319th most common Werner
  7. is 320th most common Kerr
  8. is 321st most common Schaeffer
  9. is 322nd most common Warren

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Ray

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



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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