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♀ Ray (girl)
What does Ray mean?
Ray 
▼ as a girls' name (also used more generally as boys' name Ray) is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Ray is "ewe". Short form of Rachel; variant spelling of Rae.
STARTS WITH Ray-
Variations
RELATIONS VIA RACHEL, RAE Rae, Raelyn▲, Rahel, Rahil, Rakel, Rayma, Rayna▲, Rayona
MASCULINE FORM Rashaun
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
(male)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Ray Mariyah (R.M.), ..
How popular is Ray?
Ray is a very popular first name for women (#1348 out of 4276, Top 32%) and also a very popular surname for both adults and children (#208 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Ray reached its apex rank of #462 in the U.S. during 1890-1899, but is not found in the list currently. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Prominent variation forms of Ray listed in the Top 2000 are Rachel (#198 VIA LATEST LIST), Raelyn (#327), Rayna (#701), Raina (#812), Rae (#1122), Raye, Raylene and Rayma. Adoption of these forms of Ray was common 2 decades ago (ADOPTION OF 0.95%) and is now significantly less (ADOPTION 0.21%, 78.2% LESS), with versions such as Ray becoming somewhat dated. Raelyn, Rayna and Raina are three of the more fashionable birth names here.
Similar Names
Ray▼ is alike in pronunciation to Raya▲, Rea, Ree, Rei, Rey, Reya, Rhae, Rhaya, Rhea▲, Rhia, Ria▼, Rie, Roya, Rue, Rui and Rye. Other recommended sound-alike names are Bay, Cay, Day, Fay▼, Gay▼, Jay, Kay▼ and May▼. These names tend to be less commonly used than Ray.
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