Ash vs Ray

Ash

name
  • A diminutive of the female given names Ashlie, Ashlee, Ashly, or Ashanti. 

  • A diminutive of the unisex given names Ashley or Ashleigh. 

  • A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived near ash trees. 

  • A small village in Ash-cum-Ridley parish, Sevenoaks district, Kent (OS grid ref TQ6064). 

  • Oisc, also spelled Æsc or Ash, an Anglo-Saxon king of Kent 

  • A unisex given name transferred from the surname. 

  • A town and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey, England, near Aldershot (OS grid ref SU8950). 

  • A village and civil parish in Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR2858). 

  • The Egyptian god of oases. 

Ray

name
  • A diminutive of the female given name Rachel, more often spelled Rae. 

  • A diminutive of the male given name Raymond, also used as a formal given name. 

  • A census-designated place in Coosa County, Alabama. 

  • An unincorporated community in Fremont Township, Steuben County, Indiana and Branch County, Michigan. 

  • A township in Macomb County, Michigan. 

  • A river in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, England, which joins the River Cherwell. 

  • A city near Tehran, Iran. 

  • a region and satrapy in ancient Iran located between the Alborz and Zagros mountain ranges and the Dasht-e Kavir desert; Rhagiana 

  • A surname transferred from the nickname. 

  • A ghost town in Pinal County, Arizona. 

  • A river in north Wiltshire, England, which joins the Thames. 

  • An unincorporated community in Koochiching County, Minnesota. 

  • A minor city in Williams County, North Dakota. 

How often have the words Ash and Ray occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )