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Rae - What does it mean?

Definition of 'Rae'

English

Proper noun

(en-proper noun)
  • A variant of Roe.
  • A diminutive of Rachel, often used as a female 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.
  • A male given name, a rare variant of Ray.
  • * 2005 , The Bradbury Chronicles: The Life of Ray Bradbury , William Morrow, ISBN 006054581X, 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.

    Similar to 'Rae'

    Re, Roe, RHAe, Rowe