Ray

in Tennessee

There are 5,074 people with the last name "Ray" in Tennessee.

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Ranking in Tennessee

NameRank
Ray 94
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  1. is 90th most common Myers
  2. is 91st most common Payne
  3. is 92nd most common Murphy
  4. is 93rd most common Henderson
  5. is 94th most common Ray
  6. is 95th most common Wood
  7. is 96th most common Arnold
  8. is 97th most common Duncan
  9. is 98th most common Ford

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Ray

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



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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