Names

Originally a name for a dweller on a narrow pass or hillside, from Old English hrace meaning “throat”.

Occupational name for the fisherman in charge of the boat, from Italian rais “captain”, of Arabic origin. It is typical of Sicily and Sardinia.

Variant of Raines.

Originally denoted a person from Rayne, Essex, England (possibly from an Old English word meaning “shelter”) or from Rennes, Brittany, France (from the name of the Gaulish tribe of the Redones).

Derived from the given name Raimondo.

Means “son of Ragnvald”.

From a nickname meaning “spider” in Italian.

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Rabhartaigh meaning “descendant of Rabhartach”. The given name Rabhartach means “flood tide”.

Variant of McRae.

From the given name Radu.