Definition of "Rae"

Rae

proper noun
1. A Scottish surname transferred from the nickname. A variant of Roe.
2. A diminutive of the female given name Rachel, also used as a formal given name, mostly as a middle name.
  Quotations
  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
3. A male given name; possible variant of Ray.
  Quotations
  Although the name on his birth certificate was spelled "Ray", Ray said he was originally given the name "Rae" after Rae Williams, a cousin on his father's side.
  2005, Sam Weller, The Bradbury Chronicles: The Life of Ray Bradbury, William Morrow, page 12