Ray


Gender:
Origin: English, German, Hebrew
2351 famous people named Ray found on Wikipedia.
202382 male, 5438 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 728-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 49-th in year 1891
Used in: English

Meanings

Also, Raye. a female given name, form of Rachel. A male given name, form of Raymond.

Ray is a masculine given name and short form (hypocorism) of Raymond.

"beam of light," c. 1300, from Old French rai (nominative rais) "ray (of the sun), spoke (of a wheel); gush, spurt," from Latin radius "ray, spoke, staff, rod" (see radius). Not common before 17c. [OED]; of the sun, usually in reference to heat (beam being preferred for light). Science fiction ray-gun is first recorded 1931 (but the Martians had a Heat ray weapon in H.G. Wells' "War of the Worlds," 1898).

Beam of light. Short form of raymond. Combine of ragin (advice) and mund (protector). Short form of Rachel: ewe.

Famous People: 2351 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Ray Kroc 1902 American businessman
2 Ray Liotta 1954 American actor
3 Ray Allen 1975 American basketball player
4 Ray J 1981 American singer, songwriter, record producer and actor
5 James Earl Ray 1928 Assassin of Martin Luther King, Jr.
6 Ray Romano 1957 American stand-up comedian
7 Ray Lewis 1975 Former American football linebacker
8 Ray Winstone 1957 English film and television actor
9 Ray Bradbury 1920 American writer
10 Rachael Ray 1968 American businessman
11 Ray Stevenson 1964 Northern Ireland-born, England-raised film and television actor
12 Ray Rice 1987 American football player, running back
13 David Parker Ray 1939 American serial killer
14 Satyajit Ray 1921 Indian filmmaker
15 Ray Fisher 1987 Theatre actor
16 Ray Park 1974 Actor, stuntman
17 Vanessa Ray 1980 Actress
18 Lisa Ray 1972 Canadian actress
19 Ray Kurzweil 1948 Author, scientist, inventor, and futurist
20 Ray Wise 1947 American actor
21 Ray Combs 1956 Comedian, actor, game show host
22 Ray Bolger 1904 American actor
23 Ray Davies 1944 British rock-pop musician
24 Ray William Johnson 1981 American video blogger, producer, and actor
25 Ray Manzarek 1939 American musician
26 Man Ray 1890 American artist and photographer
27 Ray Dalio 1949 American businessman
28 Ray Milland 1907 Actor, director
29 Ray LaMontagne 1973 American singer-songwriter
30 Ray Walston 1914 American actor and comedian
31 James Arthur Ray 1957 American speaker
32 Ray Nagin 1956 Politician, businessman
33 Adil Ray 1974 English actor, radio presenter, writer and comedian
34 Ray Arcel 1899 Boxing trainer who was active from the 1920s through the 1980s
35 Ray Mabus 1948 American diplomat
36 Ray Harryhausen 1920 American animator
37 Johnnie Ray 1927 American singer, actor, songwriter and composer
38 Lash Huffman 1958 American retired professional wrestler
39 Aldo Ray 1926 Actor
40 Ray Tomlinson 1941 American computer programmer
41 Ray Wilkins 1956 English footballer and manager
42 Ray Mears 1964 Woodsman, author, TV presenter
43 Ray Chapman 1891 Major league baseball player
44 Ray Dorset 1946 British musician
45 Ray Luzier 1970 American drummer
46 Gene Anthony Ray 1962 Actor, dancer, choreographer
47 Ray Price 1926 American singer
48 Jonah Ray 1982 Actor, comedian, writer
49 Ray Bourque 1960 Canadian ice hockey player
50 Aindrita Ray 1985 Indian actress
51 Ray Gordy 1979 American professional wrestler
52 Ray Parlour 1973 English footballer
53 Ray Parker 1954 Detroit native and 1972 graduate of Northwestern High School; Parker gained international fame as a guitarist, songwriter, producer and recording artist
54 Ray Mercer 1961 American oxer
55 Siddharth Ray 1963 Actor
56 Ray Collins 1889 American actor
57 Ray Reardon 1932 Welsh snooker player
58 Ray Toro 1977 American musician
59 Ray Comfort 1949 New Zealand-born Christian minister and evangelist
60 Michael Ray 1988 American singer
61 Nicholas Ray 1911 American film director
62 Ray Borg 1993 American martial artist
63 Ray Hudson 1955 English footballer
64 Ray Santiago 1984 American actor
65 Ray Sawyer 1937 American singer
66 Ray Nitschke 1936 American football player
67 Shane Ray 1993 American football defensive lineman
68 Ola Ray 1960 Actress, model
69 Ray Emery 1982 Canadian professional ice hockey player
70 Ray Guy 1949 American football player, punter
71 Ray Conniff 1916 American musician
72 Ray Cooper 1942 British musician
73 Billy Ray 2000 American screenwriter, television writer and film director
74 Ray Gricar 1945 American lawyer
75 Ray Brown 1926 American jazz double bassist and cellist
76 Ray Teal 1902 Actor
77 Ray Ferraro 1964 Canadian ice hockey player
78 Ray Thomas 1941 British musician
79 Ray Meagher 1944 Australian actor
80 Ray Quinn 1988 English singer-actor
81 Ray Stephens 1954 American singer
82 Ray Sharkey 1952 American stage, film and television actor
83 Ray Danton 1931 American actor and director
84 Ray Jackson 1973 Former American college and professional basketball player
85 Ray Knight 1952 American professional baseball player, infielder, coach
86 Ray Clemence 1948 English footballer
87 Shawn Ray 1965 American bodybuilder
88 Ray Simpson 1954 American singer
89 Ray Sefo 1971 New Zealand martial artist
90 Ray Wylie Hubbard 1946 American musician
91 Margaret Mary Ray 1952 The train
92 Sandip Ray 1953 Indian film director
93 Ray (Ray Terrill)
94 Ray Jessel 1929
95 Ray Gillen 1959 American musician
96 Sukumar Ray 1887 Bengali poet
97 Ray Boltz 1953 American singer-songwriter
98 Ray Baker 1948 American actor
99 East Bay Ray 1958 American musician
100 Ray Brooks 1939 British actor
101 Ray Cameron 1938 Canadian comedian
102 Ray Stantz One of the Ghostbusters
103 Ray Rhodes 1950 American football player and coach
104 Ray Wilson 1968 Scottish singer
105 Ray LaHood 1945 American politician
106 Ray Dalton 1991 American musician
107 Amy Ray 1964 Singer-songwriter, record producer
108 Ray Tabano 1946 American musician
109 Amuro Ray Fictional character
110 Ray Ozzie 1955 American businessman
111 Ray Teret 1941 British DJ
112 Ray Evernham 1957 NASCAR team owner
113 Ray Anthony 1922 American musician and actor
114 Ray Martin 1944 Australian journalist and television presenter
115 Ray Houghton 1962 Irish footballer
116 Ray Panthaki 1979
117 Ricky Ray 1979 Player of American and Canadian football
118 John Ray 1627 British botanist
119 Ray Easterling 1949 Player of American football
120 Allan Ray 1984 American basketball player
121 Ray Ferritto 1929 American mobster
122 Ivan Ray 1978
123 Ray Stevens 1935 American professional wrestler
124 Ray Fosse 1947 American baseball player
125 Ray Farmer 1974 American football player and executive
126 Ray Fearon 1973 Actor
127 Ray McAnally 1926 Irish actor
128 Ted Ray 1905 Comedian
129 Ray Horton 1960 American football player and coach
130 Ray Dolby 1933 American engineer and inventor of the noise reduction system
131 Ray Barretto 1929 Puerto Rican jazz musician
132 Ray Dixon
133 Ray Benson 1951 Country music musician from the United States
134 Ray Lui 1956 Hong Kong actor
135 Ray Kennedy 1951 Footballer
136 Ray Buktenica 1943 American actor
137 Ray Chan 1987
138 Ray Genet 1931 American mountain climber
139 Ray Whitney 1972 Canadian ice hockey player
140 Ray Mancini
141 Asia Monet Ray 2005
142 Ray Muzyka 1969 Canadian video game designer
143 Ray Abruzzo 1954 American actor
144 Bijoya Ray 1918 Indian actress
145 Ray Stark 1915 American film producer
146 Ray Phiri 1947 South African jazz musician
147 Brian Ray 1955 American session musician
148 Dean Ray Singer / songwriter
149 Ray Johnson 1927 American artist
150 Ray Kelvin 1955 British businessman
151 Ray Fulmer 1933 American actor
152 Jimmy Del Ray 1962 American professional wrestler
153 Ray Charles 1918 American conductor, musician, singer, songwriter, vocal arranger
154 Ray McGovern 1939 CIA analyst
155 Ray Slijngaard 1971 Dutch musician
156 Ray Curto
157 Ray D'Arcy 1964 Irish broadcaster
158 Ray Peterson 1939 American musician
159 Ray Heredia 1963 Spanish composer, singer and guitarist (1963-1991)
160 Robbie Ray 1991 Baseball player
161 Rob Ray 1968 Canadian sports broadcaster and former professional ice hockey player
162 Dixy Lee Ray 1914 Seventh governor of Washington
163 Ray Hadley 1954 Australian rugby league commentator
164 Ray Warren 1943 American sports commentator
165 Ray Suarez 1957 American journalist
166 Dwijendralal Ray 1864 Indian poet
167 Ray Chen 1989 Taiwanese-Australian musician
168 Ray Cokes 1958 British television presenter
169 Siddhartha Shankar Ray 1920 Indian politician
170 Fred Olen Ray 1954 American professional wrestler
171 Ray Lewington 1956 English association football player, coach and manager
172 Ray Ewry 1873 American track and field athlete
173 Ray Hnatyshyn 1934 Canadian politician
174 Ray Perkins 1941
175 Ray Barrett 1927 Australian actor
176 Ray Rayner 1919 American television presenter
177 Andrew Ray 1939 British actor
178 Ray Krone 1957 American exonerated death row inmate
179 Robert D. Ray 1928 American lawyer
180 Ray Robson 1994 American chess player
181 Ray Shero 1962 American ice hockey player
182 Ray Burdis 1958 British actor
183 Ray Cooney 1932 English dramatist
184 Ray Lucas 1972 American football player
185 Connie Ray 1956 American actress
186 Ray Candy 1951 American professional wrestler
187 Ray Cappo 1966 American vocalist
188 Ray Mentzer 1953 American bodybuilder
189 Ray Singleton 1937 American entertainer and songwriter
190 Ray Nelson 1931 American writer
191 Ray McCallum, Jr. 1991 American basketball player
192 Ray Goff 1955 American football coach
193 Ray Stannard Baker 1870 American journalist
194 Ray Krebbs
195 Robin Ray 1934 English broadcaster, actor, and musician
196 Ray Evans 1915 American songwriter
197 Ray Luv 1972 American rapper
198 Ray McDonald 1944 Player of American football
199 Ray Buchanan 1971 Player of American football
200 Ray Jennings 1954 South African cricketer