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Rabe Rabe is a surname from German.
Original German Raabe
At a glance
Popularity score No recent data Boys and girls Mostly boys
85% boysBased on U.S. population records 15% girls
People named Rabe in the U.S. Rare About 30 to 300 people. Estimated from birth records for children and population records for adults.
Interest on PerfectNameFinder Not yet scored Not enough visits yet to score. Every read and save counts toward it. Rabe’s family of names In German usage, Rabe has a later derivative in RAABE. In German usage, Rabe as a surname has a related form in RAAB. In German usage, Rabe as a surname has a related form in RAABE.
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Rabe Raabe Raab Rapp Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
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Nicknames & forms 2 Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1 Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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About this profile. Meanings and origins are drawn from historical dictionaries and reference works, including Wiktionary; where interpretations differ, we say so. Popularity comes from U.S. Social Security birth records, 1880–2025. Famous namesakes come from Wikidata. Related names are linked through documented relationships; likely links are labeled as such.