Around the globe, Rai (Rai 
, ライ 
, ไร 
, and others...) is a common gender-neutral forename. The forename Rai is habitual in Nepal, where it is quite a common dominantly boy's, but seldom feminine name, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in India, Nepal, and Brazil. More prevalently, Rai is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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| Rai | Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Saudi Arabia, India |
| ライ | Japan |
| ไร | Thailand |
| راي | Iran, Algeria, Iraq, Morocco, Sudan |
| Раи | Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Kazakhstan |
| राय | India |
Rai is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Ray Palmer , the fictional character from the television series Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow, The Flash; Rai , the fictional figure in Rai comics; Atom , the fictional character, a superhero that appears in comic books published by DC Comics, The Flash; Rai Chou , the Beyblade character and Ray Stantz , the fictional character from the Ghostbusters franchise, and in many other works.
| yot chiang rai TH (b. 1500) |
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| munshi harsukh rai Noted journalist of the British India era and editor of the Urdu weekly Koh-e-noor, IN (b. 1816) |
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rajkumar rai Indian politician, IN (b. 1939) |
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b. ramanath rai Indian politician, IN (b. 1952) |
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| mangla rai Indian professional wrestler, IN (b. 1916) |
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| lal babu rai Indian politician, IN (b. 1946) |
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| lal deosa rai (b. 1937) |
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| shiba kumar rai professor, NP (b. 1953) |
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| bi. e. vivēka rai (b. 1946) |
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| tek bahadur rai Bhutanese politician (b. 1978) |
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| bhola rai researcher |
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| ambak rai researcher |
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| govind kumar rai researcher |
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| sorman rai Recipient of Shaurya Chakra, IN |
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| pandav rai Indian politician |
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