Rey

R1E1Y4

proper noun

A surname from Spanish.

OriginSpanish Rey →
CommonScrabble 6
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

Rey1

proper noun
  1. A surname from Spanish.

    The elevator doors close just as Luisa Rey reaches them, but the unseen occupant jams them with his cane. “Thank you,” says Luisa to the old man. “Glad the age of chivalry isn’t totally dead.”

    2004, David Mitchell, “Half-Lives: The First Luisa Rey Mystery”, in Cloud Atlas, →ISBN, page 91

Rey2

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Ray (“a region and satrapy in ancient Iran located between the Alborz and Zagros mountain ranges and the Dasht-e Kavir desert”)

Origin

  1. SpanishRey
  2. EnglishRey

Multiple origins; in most cases borrowed from Spanish Rey. Doublet of Roy.

More words from Spanish

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

ryeyer
Cite this entry
APA

Rey. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rey

MLA

“Rey.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rey. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Rey,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rey.

Source: Rey on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.