English

Proper noun

Rae

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

3. A male given name, a rare variant of Ray.
   • 2005 Sam Weller, 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.

Anagrams

• are, ear, era, ERA

Finnish

Noun

rae

1. hailstone, hail
2. (materials science) grain (a region within a material having a single crystal structure or direction)

Declension

Related terms

• raejuusto
• raekoko
• raekuuro
• raesade
• rakeinen

Irish

Noun

rae f ‎(genitive singular rae)

1. (in place names) row

Declension

References

• focal.ie - Dictionary of Irish Terms - Foclóir Téarmaíochta

Maori

Noun

rae

1. (anatomy) forehead (part of face above eyebrows)

Spanish

Verb

rae

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of raer.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of raer.