Ray

See also: ray, rây, rày, rầy, ra'y, and -raþ

English

As an English surname, from pet forms derived from the root of Raymond.
Also as an English surname, from Old French rei (“king”). Compare Roy, King.
Also as an English surname, from Old English rā (“roe deer”). Compare Roe.
Also as an English surname, variant of Wray and Rye.
As a Scottish Gaelic surname, shortened from McRae.
As a French surname, from the verb raier (“to gush out, flow, radiate”). Compare Leray.
As a Polish and Slovene surname, Americanized from Raj, from raj (“paradise”).
As an Indian surname, variant of Rai.

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A surname transferred from the nickname.
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.
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.'
A number of places in the United States:
1. A census-designated place in Coosa County, Alabama.
2. A ghost town in Pinal County, Arizona.
3. An unincorporated community in Fremont Township, Steuben County, Indiana and Branch County, Michigan.
4. A township in Macomb County, Michigan.
5. An unincorporated community in Koochiching County, Minnesota.
6. A minor city in Williams County, North Dakota.
A river in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, England, which joins the River Cherwell.
A river in north Wiltshire, England, which joins the Thames.

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Ray, Iran

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

Ray

A city near Tehran, Iran.
(historical) a region and satrapy in ancient Iran located between the Alborz and Zagros mountain ranges and the Dasht-e Kavir desert; Rhagiana

city in Iran

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