Rae vs Rea - What's the difference?
rae | rea |
A variant of Roe.
A diminutive of Rachel, often used as a female middle name.
* 1965 Lewis Yablonsky, The Tunnel Back: Synamon , Macmillan 1965, page 204:
A male given name, a rare variant of Ray.
* 2005 , The Bradbury Chronicles: The Life of Ray Bradbury , William Morrow, ISBN 006054581X, page 12
As an adjective rae
is .As an initialism rea is
(us|legal) request for an equitable adjustment, a term used in contracting with government entities in the united states to indicate that compensation is sought for unexpected costs arising in the fulfillment of a contract.rae
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- 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.
- 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.