Rae (given name)

See also: Rae (surname)

Rae is a unisex given name. The Scottish name Rae is often associated with the Gaelic term "rath" which means "fortress."^[1] Rae is also the female variant of the Old High German Ray from regin meaning “counsel”.^[2]

Rae

Gender	Unisex
Origin
Word/name	Scottish, German
Meaning	fortress, counsel
Other names
Related names	Ray, Raymond, MacRae (surname)

People

• Rae Allen (1926–2022), American actress
• Rae Anderson (squash player) (born 1953), Australian squash player
• Rae Anderson (athlete) (born 1997), Australian Paralympic athlete
• Rae Armantrout (born 1947), American poet
• Rae Baker (born 1973), British actress
• Rae Bernstein (1904–1999), American pianist
• Rae Bridgman, Canadian anthropologist and writer
• Rae Burrell (born 2000), American professional basketball player
• Rae Carruth (born 1974), American football player
• Rae Carson (born 1973), American writer
• Rae Dawn Chong (born 1961), Canadian actress
• Rae Cousins, American politician
• Rae Dalven (1904–1992), American professor
• Rae Earl (born 1971), British writer
• Rae L. Egbert (1891–1964), American politician
• Rae Lil Black, Japanese model, social media influencer, and former pornographic actress
• Rae Featherstone (1907–1987), Australian architect
• Rae Hendrie (born 1976), Scottish actress
• Rae Howells, Welsh writer
• Rae Johnstone (1905–1964), Australian jockey
• Rae Helen Langton (born 1961), Australian philosopher
• Rae Morris (born 1992), British singer
• Rae O'Donnell, Hong Kong international lawn and indoor bowler
• Rae Russel (1925–2008), American photographer
• Rae Samuels (1887–1979), American vaudeville entertainer
• Rae Sanchini, film and television producer known for Titanic, Dark Angel, and True Lies among others
• Rae Weston (1941–2014), New Zealand professor of banking and management
• Rae White (born 1985), Australian poet and writer
• Rae Woodland (1922–2013), British singer
• Rae Hoffstetter (Valkyrae) (born 1992), American streamer and YouTuber

Fictional characters

• Rae Cummings, on American soap opera One Life to Live
• Rae Thomas, on American soap opera Passions
• Rae Wilson, on British television series Hollyoaks
• Shrinking Ray/Rae, superhero in the Invincible comics and its television adaptation
• Rae Taylor, main protagonist of I'm in Love with the Villainess
• Rachael "Rae" Theresa Doe, protagonist in American comic strip Rae the Doe

See also

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