Rae (given name)

See also: Rae (surname)

Rae

Gender	Unisex
Origin
Word/name	Scottish, Hebrew
Region of origin	Scotland
Other names
Related names	Rachel, Ray, Raquel, Raphael

Rae is a unisex given name. The name Rae came from the Scottish/English Borderlands. It was a name for a person known as a timid or shy person. Another research revealed that the name is derived from the Old English word "ray", that referred to a doe. It may also be a short form of the female name Rachel, which means "little lamb" in Hebrew.

The name Rae may refer to:

People

• Rae Allen (1926–2022), American actress
• Rae Armantrout (born 1947), American poet
• Rae Baker (born 1973), British actress
• Rae Bridgman, Canadian anthropologist and writer
• Rae Carruth (born 1974) American football player
• Rae Carson (born 1973), American writer
• Rae Dawn Chong (born 1961), Canadian actress
• Rae Dalven (1904–1992), American professor
• Rae Earl (born 1971), British writer
• Rae L. Egbert (1891–1964), American politician
• Rae Featherstone (1907–1987), Australian architect
• Rae Hendrie (born 1976), Scottish actress
• Rae Johnstone (1905–1964), Australian jockey
• Rae Helen Langton (born 1961), Australian philosopher
• Rae Morris (born 1992), British singer
• Addison Rae (born 2000), American TikToker
• Charlotte Rae (1926–2018), American actress and singer
• Rae Woodland (1922–2013), British singer

Fiction

• Rae Cummings, fictional character on American soap opera One Life to Live
• Rae Thomas, fictional character on American soap opera Passions
• Rae Wilson, fictional character on British television series Hollyoaks
• Shrinking Ray/Rae, superhero in the Invincible comics and it’s television adaptation.

See also

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