Rayleigh.
A surname.
Meaning & usage
A surname.
Lord Rayleigh, English physicist
A town and civil parish with a town council in Rochford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ8090).
A neighbourhood of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, named after the English town.
Where this word comes from
Of the same origin as Raleigh (which is usually pronounced differently); see Wikipedia at Rayleigh, Essex § Toponymy.
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