Updated May 24, 2023

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Girl name origins & meanings

  • Hebrew : Little lamb, ewe; one with purity
  • Scottish : Grace
  • English : Doe
  • German : Wise protection
  • Latin : Ruler
  • German : Wise protection
  • Hebrew : My song, my lord

Girl name variations

Rachel

Rachel

- 2% this year
Feminine
Common
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Rachael

Rachael

- 6% this year
Feminine
Rare
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Raychel

Raychel

0 % this year
Feminine
Rare
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Rachele

Rachele

0 % this year
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Rare
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Rah'zell

Rah'zell

0 % this year
Feminine
Rare
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Rahel

Rahel

+ 240% this year
Feminine
Rare
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Raquel

Raquel

- 12% this year
Feminine
Rare
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Shelley

Shelley

- 45% this year
Neutral
Rare
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Shelly

Shelly

- 7% this year
Neutral
Rare
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Shellie

Shellie

0 % this year
Feminine
Rare
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Chelle

Chelle

0 % this year
Feminine
Rare
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Chellie

Chellie

0 % this year
Feminine
Rare
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Rae

Rae

- 14% this year
Neutral
Rare
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Raeann

Raeann

- 31% this year
Feminine
Rare
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Raelene

Raelene

- 38% this year
Feminine
Rare
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Raye

Raye

+ 23% this year
Feminine
Rare
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Rayette

Rayette

0 % this year
Feminine
Rare
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Rain

Rain

+ 19% this year
Neutral
Rare
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Raine

Raine

+ 7% this year
Neutral
Rare
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Rein

Rein

- 15% this year
Feminine
Rare
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Reign

Reign

- 5% this year
Neutral
Uncommon
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Rayne

Rayne

+ 2% this year
Neutral
Rare
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Rana

Rana

+ 31% this year
Feminine
Rare
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Rane

Rane

+ 43% this year
Feminine
Rare
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Raina

Raina

- 5% this year
Feminine
Rare
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Rayma

Rayma

- 14% this year
Feminine
Rare
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Sharay

Sharay

0 % this year
Feminine
Rare
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Shay

Shay

- 2% this year
Neutral
Rare
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Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old English : Doe
  • French : Kingly

Boy name variations

Rae

Rae

- 14% this year
Neutral
Rare
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Rai

Rai

+ 57% this year
Neutral
Rare
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Rayce

Rayce

- 5% this year
Masculine
Rare
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Raydell

Raydell

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
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Rayder

Rayder

+ 8% this year
Masculine
Rare
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Raydon

Raydon

- 20% this year
Masculine
Rare
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Rayford

Rayford

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
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Raylen

Raylen

- 11% this year
Masculine
Rare
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Raynell

Raynell

+ 33% this year
Masculine
Rare
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How Popular Is The Name Ray

Family name origins & meanings

  • English (of Norman origin) : nickname denoting someone who behaved in a regal fashion or who had earned the title in some contest of skill or by presiding over festivities, from Old French rey, roy ‘king’. Occasionally this was used as a personal name.
  • English : nickname for a timid person, from Middle English ray ‘female roe deer’ or northern Middle English ray ‘roebuck’.
  • English : variant of Rye (1 and 2).
  • English : habitational name, a variant spelling of Wray.
  • Scottish : reduced and altered form of McRae.
  • French : from a noun derivative of Old French raier ‘to gush, stream, or pour’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived near a spring or rushing stream, or a habitational name from a place called Ray.
  • Indian : variant of Rai.

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