Kray
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 4 babies a year in England and Wales.
Kray by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Kray.
Its American peak was 6 babies in 1993, making it a 1990s name.
What we can tell you about Kray
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kray. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
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