RAY  

Gender: M
Origin: Diminutive of RAYMOND
Meaning: "wise protector"

Popularity in 2008: #664

Still and forever, one of the hippest names, and the Ray Charles biopic only polished its cool image.

Variations:
Raye, Rai, Reigh, Rae, Rai, Raye, Reigh

Ray is being discussed in our message boards:

• Daycare Names
• Best of British - some Telegraph birth announcements
• Samantha?
• Sister for Anthony & Miranda
• Reagan as a girls' name?

Read Nameberry blog posts about Ray:

• SCOTTISH BABY NAMES: What's 'in' in Inverness?
• HEY, JUDE: Names from the Beatles and beyond
• VINTAGE NAMES: 100-Year-Old Names That Sound New Again
• DAD NAMES: NOTEWORTHY NAMES OF SOME FAMOUS FATHERS
• MINI-NAMES