Ray

in the US

There are 107,086 people with the last name "Ray" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Ray 183
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  1. is 179th most common Peters
  2. is 180th most common Johnston
  3. is 181st most common Grant
  4. is 182nd most common Elliott
  5. is 183rd most common Ray
  6. is 184th most common Hawkins
  7. is 185th most common Spencer
  8. is 186th most common Duncan
  9. is 187th most common Knight

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Ray

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



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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