Given name & surname

Raw

“row”

Raw is a surname from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Raw goes back to Old English rāw, meaning “row.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Raw comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old English rāw (“row”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Raw’s family of names

In English usage, Raw has an affectionate form in Daw.

Walk Raw’s family in the name graph

RawDaw

The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 1

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

Similar names

If you love Raw, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Old English

Redshaw

“red”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Haw

“enclosure”

No U.S. birth series

64% boys · 36% girls

Old English

Radwell

“red”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Ryal

“rye”

No U.S. birth series

87% boys · 13% girls

Old English

Rackham

“stack, pile of stones”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Rugg

“ridge”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Wardlaw

“watchman”

No U.S. birth series

60% boys · 40% girls

Old English

Greenlaw

“green”

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Raw’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.