Meaning of name Rey

The name Rey has the following meaning:

It is a male name, suitable for baby boys.

As a baby boy name, Rey is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 880 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Rey fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 44 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 904 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Rey in the USA, over the past 100 years.

The name Rey is very likely a(n) English variant of the name Reynold. See other suggested English boy baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Reynold.

The following names are baby names related to Rey and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Rey: Boys - Bedford, Brain, Clayton, Dane, Denton, Denzel, Doctor, Drake, Dudley, Dunstan, Elton, Fletcher, Glover, Grayson, Jayce, Lamar, Landon, Lawson, Lincoln, Miller, Norton, Girls - Aleta, Amelia, Corda, Dayna, Fronie, India, Julissa, Katie, Kaya, Lu, Mckenna, Mettie, Paula, Tatum, Tawana, Both genders - Bailey, Devon, Hollis, Leigh, Sonny

The name Rey is a variant of Reynold. Other popular variants of the name Reynold are: Raghnall (Irish), Ragnvald (Scandinavian), Rainault, Rainhold, Ranald (Scottish), Raynal, Raynald, Raynaldo, Raynold, Reginald (English), Reinald, Reinaldo (Portuguese), Reinaldos, Reinhold (German), Reino (Finnish), Reinold, Reinwald, Renado, Renald, Renaldi, Renaldo, Renato, Renaud (French), Renauld, Renauldo, Renault, Rennold, Renold, Renould, Rey, Reynaldo (Spanish), Reynaldos, Reynaud (French), Reynauldo, Reynol, Rheinallt (Welsh), Rinald, Rinaldi, Rinaldo (Italian), Ronald, Ronaldo (Portuguese)

We think the name Rey should fall under the following style category: African-American.

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Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Rey to be: Wealthy, intelligent and ambitious chap

In one word, you might describe Rey as a(n) "ambitious" person.

See other "ambitious" names for boys.