Ray

in South Carolina

There are 2,743 people with the last name "Ray" in South Carolina.

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Ranking in South Carolina

NameRank
Ray 142
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  1. is 138th most common Stevens
  2. is 139th most common Hicks
  3. is 140th most common Watts
  4. is 141st most common Glover
  5. is 142nd most common Ray
  6. is 143rd most common Ferguson
  7. is 144th most common Wells
  8. is 145th most common Howell
  9. is 146th most common Gardner

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Ray

James, Michael, William, Robert, Charles, Betty, Richard, John, Mary, David



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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