Raes is a
Dutch
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* 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 ()
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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
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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 (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 (born 1952), Belgian composer, performer and instrument maker
* Hugo Raes (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 (born 1988), Belgian footballer
See also
*Jan Raas
Jan Raas (born 8 November 1952) is a Dutch former professional cyclist whose 115 wins include the 1979 World Road Race Championship in Valkenburg, the Tour of Flanders in 1979 and 1983, Paris–Roubaix in 1982 and Milan–San Remo in 1977. He w ...
(born 1952), Dutch cyclist
* Ras (surname), surname of the same origin
*Rae (disambiguation)
Rae may refer to:
People
*Rae (given name), including a list of people with the given name
* Rae (surname), including a list of people with the surname
Nicknames for
*Rachel (given name)
* Rachelle
* Raquel
* Raven (given name)
* Reema
* Reena ...
* RAeS, the British Royal Aeronautical Society
* 9797 Raes, asteroid named after Hugo Raes
* The Raes, Welsh-Canadian singing duo who had a television show of the same name
* Raes Junction, small settlement in New Zealand
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Dutch-language surnames
Surnames of Belgian origin
Patronymic surnames