• A feral (abandoned or escaped) domestic animal.
• Any object or person unintentionally in the wrong place.
• 'Stray' or 'The Stray' - an area of open land in York, Harrogate, and Redcar.

Music

• Stray FM an Independent Local Radio station based in Harrogate.
• "Stray", a song by Yoko Kanno, vocals by Steve Conte.
• "Stray", a song by Bradley Joseph on the 1997 album Rapture.
• Stray (UK band) - a 1966-1970s rock group from London, led by Del Bromham.
• Stray (US band) - A side project by American dark electro/industrial band Unter Null.

Other

• nickname for American football player Michael Strahan
• An "unowned", or single, submissive participant in Pup-play.
• Stray (novel) a novel by A.N. Wilson.
• The 16th episode of the first season of Smallville