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Appearance move to sidebar hide From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia See also: Rae (surname) Rae
GenderUnisex
Origin
Word/nameScottish, German
Meaningfortress, counsel
Other names
Related namesRay, Raymond, MacRae (surname)

Rae is a unisex given name. The Scottish name Rae is often associated with the Gaelic term "rath" which means "fortress."[1] Rae is also the female variant of the Old High German Ray from regin meaning “counsel”.[2]

People

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  • Rae Allen (1926–2022), American actress
  • Rae Anderson (squash player) (born 1953), Australian squash player
  • Rae Anderson (athlete) (born 1997), Australian Paralympic athlete
  • Rae Armantrout (born 1947), American poet
  • Rae Baker (born 1973), British actress
  • Rae Bernstein (1904–1999), American pianist
  • Rae Bridgman, Canadian anthropologist and writer
  • Rae Burrell (born 2000), American professional basketball player
  • Rae Carruth (born 1974), American football player
  • Rae Carson (born 1973), American writer
  • Rae Dawn Chong (born 1961), Canadian actress
  • Rae Cousins, American politician
  • Rae Dalven (1904–1992), American professor
  • Rae Earl (born 1971), British writer
  • Rae L. Egbert (1891–1964), American politician
  • Rae Lil Black, Japanese model, social media influencer, and former pornographic actress
  • Rae Featherstone (1907–1987), Australian architect
  • Rae Hendrie (born 1976), Scottish actress
  • Rae Howells, Welsh writer
  • Rae Johnstone (1905–1964), Australian jockey
  • Rae Helen Langton (born 1961), Australian philosopher
  • Rae Morris (born 1992), British singer
  • Rae O'Donnell, Hong Kong international lawn and indoor bowler
  • Rae Russel (1925–2008), American photographer
  • Rae Samuels (1887–1979), American vaudeville entertainer
  • Rae Sanchini, film and television producer known for Titanic, Dark Angel, and True Lies among others
  • Rae Weston (1941–2014), New Zealand professor of banking and management
  • Rae White (born 1985), Australian poet and writer
  • Rae Woodland (1922–2013), British singer
  • Rae Hoffstetter (Valkyrae) (born 1992), American streamer and YouTuber

Fictional characters

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  • Rae Cummings, on American soap opera One Life to Live
  • Rae Thomas, on American soap opera Passions
  • Rae Wilson, on British television series Hollyoaks
  • Shrinking Ray/Rae, superhero in the Invincible comics and its television adaptation
  • Rae Taylor, main protagonist of I'm in Love with the Villainess
  • Rachael "Rae" Theresa Doe, protagonist in American comic strip Rae the Doe

See also

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  • Rae Sremmurd, American hip hop duo
  • Rae (disambiguation)

References

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  1. ^ MacLysaght, Edward (1985). The Surnames of Ireland. Dublin: Irish Academic Press. ISBN 0-7165-2399-X.
  2. ^ von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang (1855). Reynard the Fox. Translated by Thomas James Arnold. p. xiv.
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