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Rayfield
How to Pronounce Rayfield
Pronounced RAY-feeld /ˈreɪ.fiːld/Medium
Meaning: Rayfield began as an English place- and family surname, most often read as Old English rǣge, 'roe deer' (or the personal name Ray), joined to feld, 'open field or clearing' — so a 'clearing where roe deer graze'; like many surnames it passed into use as a given name in the early nineteen-hundreds.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Rayfield is one of the surname-as-first-name choices that dotted American birth records a century ago. The likeliest reading joins Old English rǣge, 'roe deer', or the short name Ray, to feld, an open field, picturing a clearing where deer graze.
A boy given the name at its mid-century high point would be a great-grandfather today; it was never common, and it has not been swept up in the recent vintage-name revival, staying a genuine antique.
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What does the name Rayfield mean?
Rayfield comes from an English surname read as 'Ray's field' or 'roe-deer clearing', from Old English roots.
How do you pronounce Rayfield?
It's said RAY-feeld /ˈreɪ.fiːld/ — two syllables, stress on the first.
Is Rayfield a boy or girl name?
Rayfield is used as a boy's name.
How popular is Rayfield?
Rayfield was always rare and reads as a genuine early-twentieth-century antique, scarce since mid-century.