Given name & surname
Rayfield
“from the field of roe deer”
Rayfield is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the field of roe deer.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the field of roe deer.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1896. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rayfield through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,874
- 1,874 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1949
- 43 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2002. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 43 in 1949. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 676 as a first name in 2020; 2,259 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Rayfield’s family of names
Rayfield has a related form in Rayfeld. In English usage, Rayfield as a surname has a related form in RAFFEL. In English usage, Rayfield as a surname has a related form in RAFFIELD.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Rayfield
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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