| Meaning | thunder god, counselor of gods |
| Origin | English |
| Gender | gender neutral |
| Opposite gender | Rayden |
| Popularity | Moderate |
| Length | 6 |
| Syllables | 2 |
| Syllabification | Ray-den |
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| Ray |
| Rayd |
| Den |
| Denny |
| Ray Charles | American singer-songwriter |
| Ray Bradbury | American author |
| Ray Romano | American comedian |
| Ray Liotta | American actor |
| Ray Allen | American former professional basketball player |
| Ray Stevenson | British actor |
| Ray Davies | English musician |
| Ray Park | Scottish actor and martial artist |
| Ray Rice | American former professional football player |
| Ray Kurzweil | American inventor and futurist |
| Ray Lewis | American former professional football player |
| Ray Harryhausen | American visual effects creator |
| Ray Nitschke | American former professional football player |
| Ray Winstone | English actor |
| Ray Fisher | American actor |
| Ray Mancini | American former professional boxer |
| Ray Toro | American musician |
| Ray Manzarek | American musician |
| Ray Wilson | Scottish musician |
| Ray Sefo | New Zealand mixed martial artist |
| Ray Stantz | Ghostbusters |
| Ray Kinsella | Field of Dreams |
| Ray Palmer | DC Comics character, The Atom |
| Ray Barone | Everybody Loves Raymond |
| Ray Velcoro | True Detective |
| Ray Donovan | Ray Donovan |
| Ray Arnold | Jurassic Park |
| Ray Fillet | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles |
| Ray Manchester | Henry Danger |
| Ray Speltzer | Dexter |
| Ray Pearson | The Pelican Brief |
| Ray Zancanelli | Breakout Kings |
| Ray Vecchio | Due South |
| Ray Brennan | Armageddon |
| Ray Prager Jr. | The Passage |
| Ray Holt | Brooklyn Nine-Nine |