Ray

in Rhode Island

There are 250 people with the last name "Ray" in Rhode Island.

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Ranking in Rhode Island

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Ray 439
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  1. is 435th most common Pratt
  2. is 436th most common Lefebvre
  3. is 437th most common Silveira
  4. is 438th most common Angell
  5. is 439th most common Ray
  6. is 440th most common Cabrera
  7. is 441st most common Bowen
  8. is 442nd most common Enos
  9. is 443rd most common Grenier

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Ray

James, Robert, David, Joseph, Anthony, Barbara, Donna, John, Mary, Melissa



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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