Ray (surname)
| Ray | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | England, Normandy, Scotland |
| Meaning | King |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | Ray |
| Related names | Roy, Rex, King |
Ray is a given name and a family surname. In Anglo-Norman England, the name derived from the Norman word rey, roy meaning "king".[1] Occasionally this was used as a personal name. It also appears in Scottish, a reduced and altered form of McRae. In India, Ray is a surname generally given as a historical title of honour in India conferred by the British Raj. [2][3]
Ray may refer to:
People
- Adam Ray (1808–1865), American politician
- Adil Ray (born 1974), British radio and television presenter
- Aindrita Ray (born 1984), Indian film actress
- A.N. Ray Ajit Nath Ray (1912–2010), Indian Bengali jurist
- Aldo Ray (1926–1991), American actor
- Allan Ray (born 1984), American professional basketball player
- Amy Ray (born 1964), American singer-songwriter, member of the Indigo Girls
- Andrew Ray (1939–2003), British actor
- Anna Chapin Ray (1865–1945), American author
- Annada Shankar Ray (1904–2002), Indian Bengali poet and essayist
- Benjamin Ray (born 1819), American politician
- Bharatchandra Ray (1712–1760), Indian Bengali poet and composer
- Bill Ray, 10th Anglican Bishop of North Queensland, Australia
- Billy Ray (screenwriter), screenwriter, director, and producer
- Blaine Ray, American creator of TPR Storytelling
- Brian Ray (born 1955), American musician
- Charles W. Ray (1872–1959), American recipient of Medal of Honor
- Chris Ray (born 1982), American baseball pitcher
- Clifford Ray (born 1949), American basketball coach and former player
- Daniel Burrill Ray (1928–1979), American mathematician
- Danny Ray (singer) (born 1951), Jamaican-born reggae singer and record producer
- Danny Ray (saxophonist) (born 1951), American saxophonist
- David Parker Ray (1939–2002), American suspected serial killer (known as the "Toy-Box Killer")
- David R. Ray (1945–1969), American Navy sailor
- Dave "Snaker" Ray (1943–2002), American blues singer and guitarist
- Dixy Lee Ray (1914–1994), American, former Governor of Washington
- Dorothy Jean Ray (born 1919), American anthropologist
- Dwijendralal Ray (1863–1913), Indian Bengali poet, playwright, and musician
- Elise Ray (born 1982), American gymnast
- Elmer Ray (born 1912), American heavyweight boxer
- Frank Edward "Ed" Ray (1921–2012), American bus driver who saved a group of students during the 1976 Chowchilla kidnapping
- Fred Olen Ray (born 1954), American director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and cinematographer
- Gabrielle Ray (1883–1973), British stage actress, dancer and singer
- Ganendra Narayan Ray (born 1933), Indian Bengali jurist
- Gene Ray, American, creator of Time Cube website
- Gene Anthony Ray (1962–2003), American actor, dancer, and choreographer
- George Augustus Ray (1819–1893), American politician
- Gour Govinda Ray ((1841–1912), Indian Bengali religious scholar and Brahmo theologian
- Gourishankar Ray (1838–1917), Indian Odia language activist
- Greg Ray (born 1966), American IRL IndyCar Series driver
- Herbert J. Ray (1893–1970), American admiral
- Isaac Ray (1807–1881), American psychiatrist
- James Ray (disambiguation) several people, including:
- James B. Ray
- James Earl Ray, American murderer convicted of assassinating Martin Luther King
- James Ray (rock musician), rock musician, member of The Sisterhood and James Ray's Gangwar
- James Ray (singer) (1941–1964), African-American R&B singer
- Jamini Bhushan Ray (1879–1926), Indian Bengali physician, Sanskritist, and philanthropist
- Janisse Ray (born 1962), American writer, naturalist, and environmental activist
- Jean Ray (author), Belgian writer
- Jean Ray (musician), 1960s–70s American folksinger
- Jeremy Ray, Australian television presenter and video game reviewer
- Jimmy Ray (born 1970), British pop-rock musician
- John Ray (1627–1705), British naturalist
- John H. Ray, American politician
- Johnnie Ray (1927–1990, American singer, songwriter, and pianist
- Johnny Ray (racing driver) (born 1937), American NASCAR driver
- Johnny Ray (baseball) (born 1957), American baseman in Major League Baseball
- Jonah Ray (born 1982), American actor, comedian and writer
- Joseph Ray (disambiguation)
- Karen B. Ray, American politician
- Ken Ray (born 1974), American baseball pitcher
- Lionel Ray (born 1935), French poet and essayist
- Lisa Ray (born 1972), Canadian actress and former model
- Little Ray, American musician
- Man Ray (1890–1976), American artist
- Manju Ray, Indian biochemist and cancer researcher
- Mary Ruth Ray (1956–2013), American classical violist
- Mike Ray (born 1936), Canadian politician
- Nicholas Ray (1911–1979), American filmmaker
- Niharranjan Ray (1903–1981), Indian Bengali historian
- Ola Ray (born 1960), American model and actress
- Prafulla Chandra Ray (1861–1944), Indian Bengali chemist, educator and entrepreneur
- Pratibha Ray (born 1943), Indian Odia writer
- Rabi Ray (born 1926), Indian Odia politician, former speaker of Lok Sabha
- Rachael Ray (born 1968), American television personality, celebrity chef and author
- Radhanath Ray (1848–1908), Indian Odia poet
- Raja Sitaram Ray (1658–1714), Indian rebel king who fought against the Mughal Empire
- Ray brothers, American, three hemophiliac brothers diagnosed with HIV in 1986
- Reginald Ray, American Buddhist academic and Vajra Master
- Renuka Ray (1904–1997), Indian Bengali social activist
- Rex Ray, American fine artist and graphic designer
- Richie Ray (born 1945), American musician and minister known as part of the duo Richie Ray & Bobby Cruz
- Ricky Ray (born 1979), Canadian and American football quarterback
- Rob Ray (born 1968), Canadian sports broadcaster and former ice hockey player
- Robert D. Ray (1928-2018), American lawyer and politician
- Robert Ray (Australian politician) (born 1947), Australian Labor Party Senator for Victoria
- Robin Ray (1934–1998), British actor, musician and broadcaster
- Ronnie Ray (born 1954), American track and field athlete
- Ruth Ray (1919–1977), American artist
- Sandip Ray (born 1953), Indian Bengali filmmaker
- Satyajit Ray (1921–1992), Indian Bengali filmmaker
- Scottie Ray (born 1964), American voice actor
- Shawn Ray (born 1965) American author and former professional bodybuilder
- Sibnarayan Ray (1921–2008), Indian Bengali educationist, philosopher and literary critic
- Siddhartha Shankar Ray (1920–2010), Indian Bengali politician, chief minister of West Bengal and governor of Punjab
- Siddharth Ray (1963–2004), Indian Marathi actor
- Sidney Herbert Ray (1858–1939), American linguist
- Stevie Ray (born 1958), American wrestler
- Sukumar Ray (1887–1923), Indian Bengali nonsense poet, story writer and playwright
- Tanika Ray, American television personality
- Ted Ray (comedian) (1905–1977), British comedian
- Ted Ray (golfer) (1877–1943), British professional golfer
- Thomas S. Ray, American ecologist who created the Tierra project
- Upendrakishore Ray (1863–1915), Indian Bengali writer, painter, violinist and composer
- William Ray several people, including
- Sir William Ray (British politician), Leader of London County Council, 1925–1934, MP for Richmond, 1932–1937
- William Ray (medicine) (1884–1953), academic in Adelaide, South Australia
- William Ray (Oregon politician), member of the Oregon Territorial Legislature, 1856
- William H. Ray (1812–1881), United States Representative from Illinois
- William Hallett Ray (1825–1909), Canadian politician, farmer, and merchant
- William M. Ray (1963–present), American judge
Fictional characters
See also
References
- ↑ Discover the meaning and history behind your last name, Ancestry.com, retrieved August 4, 2017 which cited Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4 for the surname "Ray".
- ↑ Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, 1989: from Skr. rāj: to reign, rule; cognate with L. rēx, rēg-is, OIr. rī, rīg king (see RICH).
- ↑ Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd edition (June 2008), on-line edition (September 2011): "spec. In full British Raj. Direct rule in India by the British (1858–1947); this period of dominion."
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