Rae

See also: Appendix:Variations of "rae"

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹeɪ/
• Rhymes: -eɪ
• Homophones: Re, Rea; ray, Ray, Wray (pane–pain merger); re, Rhea (one pronunciation)

Proper noun

Rae

1. A Scottish surname transferred from the nickname, variant of Roe.
   • 2024 June 26, Stephanie McNeal, “Influencers Aren’t Getting Famous Like They Used To”, in Glamour‎^[1], archived from the original on 13 August 2024:

     Remember in 2021, when influencers like [Emma] Chamberlain and [Addison] Rae attended the Met Gala and everyone freaked out?

   • 2026 September 4, Ed Thomas, Rebecca Wearn, “'I'd rather die than ring the police': Distrust and fear in Middlesbrough after A66 crash”, in BBC News, retrieved 4 September 2026:

     PC Matthew Blades, 37, and PC Tom Clough, 38, were killed. So were all five people in the Passat: Michael Cahill, 23, Jakub Matusiak, 23, Makai Saddington, 18, Theo Rae and Cole Worthy, both 17.

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, 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.

   • 2020 May 20, Mike Baker, “G.O.P. Voters Back QAnon Conspiracy Promoter for U.S. Senate”, in The New York Times‎^[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 6 November 2025:

     Jo Rae Perkins was carrying about 50 percent of the vote in Oregon’s primary as of Wednesday afternoon, vanquishing three other Republican candidates to become the party’s nominee for the seat currently held by Senator Jeff Merkley, a Democrat.

3. Feminine form of Ray.
   • 1941, Ray Bradbury, “My Premature Autobiography”, in The American Scholar‎^[3], Phi Beta Kappa, published 2020, archived from the original on 4 March 2021:

     My first name is Ray because of a distant relative, a woman, whose name was Rae. I was named for her and spelled my name Rae until I was old enough to realize I was being mocked, when I changed it to the masculine form Ray.

Derived terms

• Raerae

Anagrams

• 'ear, Åre, ear, Rea, rea, EAR, REA, aer-, A.R.E., ReA, ARE, aër-, Are, Aer, ERA, era, are

Finnish

Etymology

From rae, mainly adopted as a surname during the Fennicization of surnames at the turn of the 20th century, but possibly also from place names.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑeˣ/, [ˈrɑ̝e̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ɑe
• Syllabification^(key): Ra‧e
• Hyphenation^(key): Rae

Proper noun

Rae

1. a Finnish surname

Declension

Inflection of Rae (Kotus type 48*D/hame, k–∅ gradation)
nominative		Rae	Rakeet
genitive		Rakeen	Rakeiden Rakeitten
partitive		Raetta	Rakeita
illative		Rakeeseen	Rakeisiin Rakeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		Rae	Rakeet
accusative	nom.	Rae	Rakeet
	gen.	Rakeen
genitive		Rakeen	Rakeiden Rakeitten
partitive		Raetta	Rakeita
inessive		Rakeessa	Rakeissa
elative		Rakeesta	Rakeista
illative		Rakeeseen	Rakeisiin Rakeihin
adessive		Rakeella	Rakeilla
ablative		Rakeelta	Rakeilta
allative		Rakeelle	Rakeille
essive		Rakeena	Rakeina
translative		Rakeeksi	Rakeiksi
abessive		Rakeetta	Rakeitta
instructive		—	Rakein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Rae (Kotus type 48*D/hame, k–∅ gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Rakeeni Rakeeni accusative nom. Rakeeni Rakeeni gen. Rakeeni genitive Rakeeni Rakeideni Rakeitteni partitive Raettani Rakeitani inessive Rakeessani Rakeissani elative Rakeestani Rakeistani illative Rakeeseeni Rakeisiini Rakeihini adessive Rakeellani Rakeillani ablative Rakeeltani Rakeiltani allative Rakeelleni Rakeilleni essive Rakeenani Rakeinani translative Rakeekseni Rakeikseni abessive Rakeettani Rakeittani instructive — — comitative — Rakeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Rakeesi Rakeesi accusative nom. Rakeesi Rakeesi gen. Rakeesi genitive Rakeesi Rakeidesi Rakeittesi partitive Raettasi Rakeitasi inessive Rakeessasi Rakeissasi elative Rakeestasi Rakeistasi illative Rakeeseesi Rakeisiisi Rakeihisi adessive Rakeellasi Rakeillasi ablative Rakeeltasi Rakeiltasi allative Rakeellesi Rakeillesi essive Rakeenasi Rakeinasi translative Rakeeksesi Rakeiksesi abessive Rakeettasi Rakeittasi instructive — — comitative — Rakeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Rakeemme Rakeemme accusative nom. Rakeemme Rakeemme gen. Rakeemme genitive Rakeemme Rakeidemme Rakeittemme partitive Raettamme Rakeitamme inessive Rakeessamme Rakeissamme elative Rakeestamme Rakeistamme illative Rakeeseemme Rakeisiimme Rakeihimme adessive Rakeellamme Rakeillamme ablative Rakeeltamme Rakeiltamme allative Rakeellemme Rakeillemme essive Rakeenamme Rakeinamme translative Rakeeksemme Rakeiksemme abessive Rakeettamme Rakeittamme instructive — — comitative — Rakeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Rakeenne Rakeenne accusative nom. Rakeenne Rakeenne gen. Rakeenne genitive Rakeenne Rakeidenne Rakeittenne partitive Raettanne Rakeitanne inessive Rakeessanne Rakeissanne elative Rakeestanne Rakeistanne illative Rakeeseenne Rakeisiinne Rakeihinne adessive Rakeellanne Rakeillanne ablative Rakeeltanne Rakeiltanne allative Rakeellenne Rakeillenne essive Rakeenanne Rakeinanne translative Rakeeksenne Rakeiksenne abessive Rakeettanne Rakeittanne instructive — — comitative — Rakeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative Rakeensa Rakeensa accusative nom. Rakeensa Rakeensa gen. Rakeensa genitive Rakeensa Rakeidensa Rakeittensa partitive Raettaan Raettansa Rakeitaan Rakeitansa inessive Rakeessaan Rakeessansa Rakeissaan Rakeissansa elative Rakeestaan Rakeestansa Rakeistaan Rakeistansa illative Rakeeseensa Rakeisiinsa Rakeihinsa adessive Rakeellaan Rakeellansa Rakeillaan Rakeillansa ablative Rakeeltaan Rakeeltansa Rakeiltaan Rakeiltansa allative Rakeelleen Rakeellensa Rakeilleen Rakeillensa essive Rakeenaan Rakeenansa Rakeinaan Rakeinansa translative Rakeekseen Rakeeksensa Rakeikseen Rakeiksensa abessive Rakeettaan Rakeettansa Rakeittaan Rakeittansa instructive — — comitative — Rakeineen Rakeinensa

Statistics

• The surname Rae belongs to 195 individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.