Name: Ray
Gender: Male
Usage: Ray is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Ray are in general originating from France, Germany, Ireland, Lebanon, Malta, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Ray across the world, see Raymond.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Ray is: Wise protector, Regal.
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Numerology of the first name Ray: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 8. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: ambitious, successful, realistic, powerful, authoritative, courageous, leading.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Leader, Visionary
Ruling planet: Saturn
Colors: Black, Purple
Gemstones: Ruby, Amethyst
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The name Ray is ranked on the 244th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 2455500 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.034% of the population. The name Ray has three characters. It means that it is relatively short-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Ray for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Ray is 23 January.
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History and Origin
Ray is a given name, and may refer to:
English: short form of Raymond, now often used as an independent name. In a few instances it may represent a transferred use of the surname Ray, which was normally first acquired as a nickname, from Old French rei, roi king (cf. Roy and Leroy).
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