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Ray

in Washington

There are 2,173 people with the last name "Ray" in Washington.

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Ranking in Washington

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Ray 209
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  1. is 205th most common Owens
  2. is 206th most common Benson
  3. is 207th most common Jacobson
  4. is 208th most common Bishop
  5. is 209th most common Ray
  6. is 210th most common Obrien
  7. is 211th most common Grant
  8. is 212th most common Schneider
  9. is 213th most common Gilbert

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Ray

David, James, Robert, Michael, William, Richard, John, Steven, Kenneth, Paul

Meaning & History

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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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