Meanings
RAE1
- abbreviationnot comparableAbbreviation of right (side) above elbow (said of an amputee/amputation).
Rae2
- A Scottish surname transferred from the nickname, variant of Roe.
Remember in 2021, when influencers like [Emma] Chamberlain and [Addison] Rae attended the Met Gala and everyone freaked out?
2024 June 26, Stephanie McNeal, “Influencers Aren’t Getting Famous Like They Used To”, in Glamour, archived from the original on 13 Aug 20241 more example
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.
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 04 Sep 2026 - A diminutive of the female given name Rachel, also used as a formal given name, mostly as a middle name.
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.
2020 May 20, Mike Baker, “G.O.P. Voters Back QAnon Conspiracy Promoter for U.S. Senate”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 21 May 20201 more example
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.
1965, Lewis Yablonsky, The Tunnel Back: Synamon, Macmillan, page 204 - feminineFeminine form of Ray.
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.
1941, Ray Bradbury, “My Premature Autobiography”, in The American Scholar, Phi Beta Kappa, published 2020
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Cite this entry
RAE. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/RAE
“RAE.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/RAE. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “RAE,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/RAE.
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