Raes is a

Dutch Dutch or Nederlands commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands ** Dutch people as an ethnic group () ** Dutch nationality law, history and regulations of Dutch citizenship () ** Dutch language () * In specific terms, i ...

patronymic surname A patronymic surname is a surname originated from the given name of the father or a patrilineal ancestor. Different cultures have different ways of producing patronymic A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based o ...

most common in

East Flanders East Flanders ( ; ; ; ) is a Provinces of Belgium, province of Belgium. It borders (clockwise from the North) the Netherlands, Dutch province of Zeeland and the Belgian provinces of Antwerp (province), Antwerp, Flemish Brabant, Hainaut (provinc ...

. The archaic given name Raes or Raas was short for

Erasmus Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus ( ; ; 28 October c. 1466 – 12 July 1536), commonly known in English as Erasmus of Rotterdam or simply Erasmus, was a Dutch Christian humanist, Catholic priest and Catholic theology, theologian, educationalist ...

or was a derivative the

Middle Dutch Middle Dutch is a collective name for a number of closely related West Germanic dialects whose ancestor was Old Dutch. It was spoken and written between 1150 and 1500. Until the advent of Modern Dutch after 1500 or , there was no overarching sta ...

male name Razo.Raas
at the Corpus of First Names in The Netherlands People with this surname include: *

Albert Raes Albert Raes (Bruges 21 February 1932) was a Belgian magistrate and was head of the Belgian Security Services from 1977 until 1990. Biography Raes is the son of Firmin Raes, who was an executive at the train and railway manufacturer and the chief ...

(born 1932), Belgian magistrate and head of the Belgian Security Services *

Anouk Raes Anouk Raes (born 30 December 1988) is a Belgian field hockey player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics she competed with the Belgium women's national field hockey team The Belgium women's national field hockey team represents Belgium in international ...

(born 1988), Belgian field hockey player *

Godfried-Willem Raes Godfried-Willem Raes is a Belgian composer, performer and instrument maker. He is the founder of the Logos Foundation of which he is still the president. He holds a PhD from Ghent University and is professor of experimental music composition a ...

(born 1952), Belgian composer, performer and instrument maker *

Hugo Raes Hugo Raes (26 May 1929 – 23 September 2013) was a Belgian writer and poet. Bibliography * ''Jagen en gejaagd worden'' (1954) * ''Afro-europees'' (1957) * ''Links van de helikopterlijn'' (1957) * ''De vadsige koningen'' (1961) * ''Een tijdelij ...

(1929–2013), Belgian novelist *

Maurice Raes Maurice Raes (17 January 1907 – 23 February 1992) was a Belgian racing cyclist. He won the 1927 edition of the Liège–Bastogne–Liège Liège–Bastogne–Liège , also known as ''La Doyenne'' ("The Old Lady"), is a one-day classic c ...

(1907–1992), Belgian racing cyclist *

Roeland Raes Roland Henri Theofiel Raes (4 September 1934 – 28 November 2024), better known as Roeland Raes, was a Belgian politician, a senator for and vice president of the political party Vlaams Blok. Raes took a dr. iur. ( J.D.) at Ghent University. R ...

(1934–2024), Belgian jurist and politician *

Tom Raes Tom Raes (born 8 January 1988) is a Belgian footballer who currently plays for SK Westrozebeke as a centre-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game a ...

(born 1988), Belgian footballer

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