Rae name - Meaning of Rae
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- Gender
- Feminine
- Lucky Number
- 6
- Usage
- English, Hebrew
- Pronounced
- RAY
- Rae Meaning
- Short form of Rachel. It can also be used as a feminine form of Ray. Rae is a diminutive of Rachel. Rachel originates in Hebrew language and means "sheep"s friend". In the Bible, Rachel is the wife of Jacob and mother of Benjamin and Joseph. Today, there is Rachel"s Tomb, located near Bethlehem and visited by many visitors each year. In the English-speaking world it started being used after the Protestant Reformation. It was popularized by one of the main characters in Friends TV show, Rachel Green.
Rae Related Names
Variant: Raylene
Diminutives: Raelene, Raelyn
Masculine Forms: Ray, Raymond, Raymund
Other Languages: Rachel (Biblical), Rachel (Biblical Greek), Rachel (Biblical Hebrew), Rachel, Rahel (Biblical Latin), Rakel (Danish), Rachel (Dutch), Raakel (Finnish), Rachel, Raymonde (French), Rachel, Raimunde (German), Rachel (Hebrew), Ráhel (Hungarian), Ráichéal (Irish), Rachele, Raimonda (Italian), Rakel (Norwegian), Raquel (Portuguese), Rahela, Ramona (Romanian), Rahela (Serbian), Ramona, Raquel (Spanish), Rakel (Swedish), Ruchel (Yiddish)
Rae Celebrities
Rae Dawn Chong - actress,
