Rae

English, diminutive of Rachel
"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.

# 948 in the US

Rae Rank in US Top 1000

# 278 on Nameberry

Rae Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Rae Popularity

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

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