Rae
See also: rae, RAE, raé, råe, ra'e, and ræ
English
Proper noun
Rae
- A Scottish surname transferred from the nickname. A variant of Roe.
- A diminutive of the female given name Rachel, also used as a formal given name, mostly as a middle name.
- 1965 Lewis Yablonsky, The Tunnel Back: Synamon, Macmillan 1965, page 204:
- CHUCK. Joyce Mathews! I see and this girl's name is Rae Edwards. What does Rae stand for?
- CHRIS. Rae, Rae!
- CHUCK. Rachel? That's what I'm trying to find out; Sugar Ray? Rae doesn't mean too much to me. Hooray, Sugar Ray, etc. So her name is Rachael H? I see.
- 1965 Lewis Yablonsky, The Tunnel Back: Synamon, Macmillan 1965, page 204:
- A male given name; possible variant of Ray.
- 2005, Sam Weller, The Bradbury Chronicles: The Life of Ray Bradbury, William Morrow, →ISBN, page 12:
- Although the name on his birth certificate was spelled "Ray", Ray said he was originally given the name "Rae" after Rae Williams, a cousin on his father's side.
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Anagrams
- 'ear, ARE, Aer, EAR, ERA, REA, Rea, aer-, are, aër-, ear, era, rea