Ray

in Virginia

There are 2,467 people with the last name "Ray" in Virginia.

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Ranking in Virginia

NameRank
Ray 275
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  1. is 271st most common Hensley
  2. is 272nd most common Little
  3. is 273rd most common Graves
  4. is 274th most common Barrett
  5. is 275th most common Ray
  6. is 276th most common Mann
  7. is 277th most common Baldwin
  8. is 278th most common Pearson
  9. is 279th most common Bowen

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Ray

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



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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