Definition of "Ray"

Ray¹

proper noun
1. A surname transferred from the nickname.
2. A diminutive of the male given name Raymond, also used as a formal given name.
  Quotations
  -, 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.
  1980, Wright Morris, Plains Song, for Female Voices, Harper&Row, page 113
  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.
  2005, Sam Weller, The Bradbury Chronicles: The Life of Ray Bradbury, William Morrow, page 12
3. A diminutive of the female given name Rachel, more often spelled Rae.
  Quotations
  'Rachel told me―' 'Call her Ray. She hates Rachel.'
  2010, Sophie Hannah, A Room Swept White, Hodder & Stoughton, page 271
4. A number of places in the United States:
  1. A census-designated place in Coosa County, Alabama.
  2. A ghost town in Pinal County, Arizona.
  3. An unincorporated community in Fremont Township, Steuben County, Indiana and Branch County, Michigan.
  4. A township in Macomb County, Michigan.
  5. An unincorporated community in Koochiching County, Minnesota.
  6. A minor city in Williams County, North Dakota.
5. A river in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, England, which joins the River Cherwell.
6. A river in north Wiltshire, England, which joins the Thames.

Ray²

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