Rayleigh

Where Rayleigh comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Rayleigh.

Rayleigh through the years
  1. 1995
    First appearance
    #10,514 among girls with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2018
    Peak, #1,233
    189 babies named Rayleigh, the most in any year.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes

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