Ray

• Rhymes: -eɪ

Ray

1. A surname​ from a Middle English nickname meaning a king or a roe.
2. A diminutive of the male given name Raymond, also used as a formal given name.
   • 1980 Wright Morris, Plains Song, for Female Voices, Harper&Row, →ISBN, page 113:

     -, or Raymond if it happened to be a boy, choosing it in the hope that a name like Ray would make a boy's life easier.

   • 2005 Sam Weller, The Bradbury Chronicles: The Life of Ray Bradbury, William Morrow, →ISBN, page 12

     Although the name on his birth certificate was spelled "Ray", Ray said he was originally given the name "Rae" after Rae Williams, a cousin on his father's side.

3. A diminutive of the female given name Rachel, more often spelled Rae.
   • 2010 Sophie Hannah, A Room Swept White, Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN, page 271:

     'Rachel told me―' 'Call her Ray. She hates Rachel.'

• Ray County

From Persian ری‎ (Rey), from Middle Persian, from Old Persian 𐎼𐎥𐎠 (Ragā), a Median district. Compare Akkadian 𒊏𒂵𒀪 (ra-ga-'), Elamite 𒊩𒋡𒀭 (rák-ka₄-an) (loc.), Ancient Greek Ῥάγαι (Rhágai), Latin Rhagae, Rhaganae, Iranian borrowings.

• Rey
• Rai
• Rhay, Rhey (dated)
• Shahr-e-Rey, Shahr-e-Ray, Shahr Rey, Shahr Ray, Chahr-e Ray (Iranian Persian)
• Rhagae (Latin)
• Rhages, Rages (Ancient Greek)
• Raga (Old Persian)
• Rayy (Arabic)

Ray

1. A city near Tehran, Iran.

• Arsacia

• Rhazes

• -ary, Ary, Ayr, RYA, ary, ayr, rya, yar

Ray

1. a male given name