Ray
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -eɪ
Etymology 1[edit]
Various origins. The surname is from a Middle English nickname meaning a king or a roe. As a given name, a diminutive of the names Raymond and Rachel.
Proper noun[edit]
Ray
- A surname.
- 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.
- 1980 Wright Morris, Plains Song, for Female Voices, Harper&Row, →ISBN, page 113:
- 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.'
- 2010 Sophie Hannah, A Room Swept White, Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN, page 271:
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Persian ری (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.
Alternative forms[edit]
- Rey
- Rai
- Rhay, Rhey (dated)
- Shahr-e-Rey, Shahr-e-Ray, Shahr Rey, Shahr Ray, Chahr-e Ray (Iranian Persian)
- Rhagae, Rhaganae (Latin)
- Rhages, Rages (Ancient Greek)
- Raga (Old Persian)
- Rayy, al-Rayy (Arabic)
Proper noun[edit]
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
Synonyms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
city in Iran
Anagrams[edit]
Cebuano[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Ray
- a male given name from English
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- English female given names
- English diminutives of female given names
- English terms borrowed from Persian
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- English terms derived from Old Persian
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- Cebuano lemmas
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