Given name & surname · also Norwegian

Raeder

Raeder is a surname from Norwegian, ultimately from German.

Original GermanRäder

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Raeder comes from Norwegian, and ultimately from German.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Norwegian Ræder, from German Räder.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Raeder’s family of names

In German usage, Raeder as a surname has a related form in Räder. In English usage, Raeder as a surname was borrowed from the German form Räder.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

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Sibling ideas

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