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RAY

in Tennessee

There are 5,544 people with the last name "RAY" in Tennessee.

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Ranking in Tennessee

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RAY 92
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  1. is 88th most common Boyd
  2. is 89th most common Payne
  3. is 90th most common Myers
  4. is 91st most common Murphy
  5. is 92nd most common Ray
  6. is 93rd most common Brewer
  7. is 94th most common Simmons
  8. is 95th most common Henderson
  9. is 96th most common Powell

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for RAY

James, David, Michael, Robert, John, William, Mary, Jerry, Charles, Billy

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Meaning & History

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RAY

1. 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.

2. English: nickname for a timid person, from Middle English ray ‘female roe deer’ or northern Middle English ray ‘roebuck’.

3. English: variant of Rye (1 and 2).

4. English: habitational name, a variant spelling of Wray.

5. Scottish: reduced and altered form of McRae.

6. 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.

7. Indian: variant of Rai.

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