Rae

Rae

1. A Scottish surname​. A variant of Roe.
2. 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.

3. 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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