Rae

English, diminutive of Rachel, Hebrew

"ewe"

Rae Origin and Meaning

The name Rae is a girl's name of Hebrew, English origin meaning "ewe".

All the old ae/ay middle names for girls are back--Kay, Fay, Mae/May, --and Rae is one of the coolest, used as such by celebrities as Mark Wahlberg and Daniel Baldwin.

Even more popular in the celebrisphere is the jazzy Ray spelling: among those who used it as their daughters' middles are Bruce Willis, Dermot Mulroney, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard, Uma Thurman and Lee Lee Sobieski.

But Rae is perfectly capable of standing on her own, as in Rae Dawn Chong; it was in the Top 500 in the first two decades of the twentieth century.

Rae Rank in US Top 1000

# 948 in the US

Rae Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 485 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Rae

• 485 Nameberry 2025
• 265 Unique 2024
• 975 Future 2028
• 352 England 2023

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Famous People Named Rae

• Rae Dawn Chong Canadian actress
• Rae Ritke American actress
• Rae Allen (born Raffaella Julia Theresa Abruzzo) American actress
• Rae Armantrout American poet
• Rae Baker English actress
• Rae Carson American novelist
• Rachel "Rae" Earl English broadcaster and novelist
• Rae Hendrie Scottish actress
• Rae Woodland English operatic soprano
• Carly Rae Jepsen Canadian singer
• Kaye Lani Rae Rafko Miss America 1988
• Jo Issa Rae Diop, birth name of Issa Rae, American actress and director
• Charlotte Rae (Lubotsky) American character actress
• Corinne Jacqueline Bailey Rae British singer,songwriter
• Rae Williams daughter of TV journalist Juan Williams
• Hayley Rae Wylde daughter of musician Zakk Wylde
• Indy Rae Johnston daughter of Levi Johnston and Sunny Oglesby
• Wylda Rae Taylor Johnson, daughter of actor Aaron Taylor,Johnson and British artist Sam Taylor,Johnson

The name Rae in Pop Culture

• Rae Wilson character on British soap "Hollyoaks"
• Rae Cummings character on American soap "One Life to Live"
• Rae Earl main character on British TV series 'My Mad Fat Diary'
• Norma Rae Webster main character in 1979 film "Norma Rae"
• Stevie Rae Johnson a main character from the 'House Of Night' series
• Raven "Rae " character on TV's "That's so Raven"
• Hot Chelle Rae U.S. pop,rock band
• Delta Rae folk rock band
• "Jasey Rae " song by All Time Low