Ray

Etymology 1

 * As an English surname, from pet forms derived from the root of.
 * Also as an English surname, from . Compare,.
 * Also as an English surname, from . Compare.
 * Also as an English surname, variant of and.
 * As a surname, shortened from.
 * As a surname, from the verb . Compare.
 * As a and  surname, Americanized from, from.
 * As an Indian surname, variant of.

Proper noun

 * , also used as a formal given name.
 * , more often spelled Rae.
 * , more often spelled Rae.
 * , more often spelled Rae.
 * , more often spelled Rae.

Etymology 2
From, from , from , a Median district. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (loc.), 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,, Iranian borrowings.

Proper noun

 * 1) A city near Tehran, Iran.
 * 2)  a region and satrapy in ancient Iran located between the Alborz and Zagros mountain ranges and the Dasht-e Kavir desert; Rhagiana

Translations

 * Arabic: الرَّيّ
 * Azerbaijani: Rey
 * Chagatai: ری
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: Ῥάγαι
 * Latin: Rhagae, Rhaganae, Rages
 * Marathi: रेय
 * Old Persian: 𐎼𐎥𐎠
 * Ottoman Turkish: ری
 * Persian: شهر ری,
 * Tajik: Рай
 * Turkish:
 * Uzbek: Ray

Etymology
, from.