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Tommy-Ray

Gender
Boy
Say it
TOM-ee-RAY
Origin
Aramaic
UK rank, 2025
#2,742 for boys

Tommy-Ray is a boys' name of Aramaic origin, meaning “twin + counsel protector”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies).

What does Tommy-Ray mean?

Aramaic: Tommy + Ray

“twin + counsel protector”

Joins Tommy (Aramaic, “twin”) and Ray (Germanic, “counsel protector”).

Meanings borrowed from Tommy and Ray.

Is Tommy-Ray a girl's or a boy's name?

Tommy-Ray is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Tommy-Ray in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#2,742among boys
Babies in 2025
8about 1 in 37,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 20% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Tommy-Ray, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 11 boys.

Half of all the boys named Tommy-Ray in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.

2002Busiest: 11 in 20192025
Tommy-Ray in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20258#2,742
20244#4,346
20238#2,691
20229#2,457
20219#2,434
20209#2,359
201911#2,102
20185#3,596
20173#4,995
20163#5,015
20153#4,955
20140–
20133#4,884
20123#4,999
20110–
20100–
20090–
20083#4,615
20070–
20060–
20050–
20040–
20030–
20023#3,325

Names like Tommy-Ray

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

More Aramaic names

Every Aramaic name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Tommy-Ray: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tommy-ray, updated 20 October 2026.