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Ray Jul 26th 2011, 08:18 2010 quote ← Older revision Revision as of 08:18, 26 July 2011 Line 7: Line 7: # {{surname|from=Middle English|dot=}} from a {{etyl|enm}} [[nickname]] meaning a [[king]] or a [[roe]]. # {{surname|from=Middle English|dot=}} from a {{etyl|enm}} [[nickname]] meaning a [[king]] or a [[roe]]. # {{given name|male|diminutive=Raymond}}, also used as a formal [[given name]]. # {{given name|male|diminutive=Raymond}}, also used as a formal [[given name]].   + #* '''1980''' [[w:Wright Morris|Wright Morris]], ''Plains Song, for Female Voices'', Harper&Row, ISBN 0060130474, 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''' [[w:Sam Weller (journalist)|Sam Weller]], ''The Bradbury Chronicles: The Life of Ray Bradbury'', William Morrow, ISBN 006054581X, 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. # {{given name|female|diminutive=Rachel}}, more often spelled [[Rae]]. # {{given name|female|diminutive=Rachel}}, more often spelled [[Rae]].   + #* '''2010''' [[w:Sophie Hannah|Sophie Hannah]], ''A Room Swept White'', Hodder & Stoughton, ISBN 978-0-340-98062-0, page 271:   + #*: 'Rachel told me―' 'Call her '''Ray'''. She hates Rachel.' - ====Quotations====   - * '''1980''' [[w:Wright Morris|Wright Morris]], ''Plains Song, for Female Voices'', Harper&Row, ISBN 0060130474, 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''' [[w:Sam Weller (journalist)|Sam Weller]], ''The Bradbury Chronicles: The Life of Ray Bradbury'', William Morrow, ISBN 006054581X, 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.   ===Anagrams=== ===Anagrams===

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