# Raes

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**Raes** is a [Dutch](/source/Dutch_language) [patronymic surname](/source/Patronymic_surname) most common in [East Flanders](/source/East_Flanders). The archaic given name Raes or Raas was short for [Erasmus](/source/Erasmus) or was a derivative the [Middle Dutch](/source/Middle_Dutch) male name Razo.[1][2] People with this surname include:

- [Albert Raes](/source/Albert_Raes) (born 1932), Belgian magistrate and head of the Belgian Security Services
- [Anouk Raes](/source/Anouk_Raes) (born 1988), Belgian field hockey player
- [Godfried-Willem Raes](/source/Godfried-Willem_Raes) (born 1952), Belgian composer, performer and instrument maker
- [Hugo Raes](/source/Hugo_Raes) (1929–2013), Belgian novelist
- [Maurice Raes](/source/Maurice_Raes) (1907–1992), Belgian racing cyclist
- [Roeland Raes](/source/Roeland_Raes) (1934–2024), Belgian jurist and politician
- [Tom Raes](/source/Tom_Raes) (born 1988), Belgian footballer

## See also

- [Jan Raas](/source/Jan_Raas) (born 1952), Dutch cyclist
- [Ras (surname)](/source/Ras_(surname)), surname of the same origin
- [Rae (disambiguation)](/source/Rae_(disambiguation))
- **RAeS**, the British Royal Aeronautical Society
- [9797 Raes](/source/9797_Raes), asteroid named after Hugo Raes
- [The Raes](/source/The_Raes), Welsh-Canadian singing duo who had a television show [of the same name](/source/The_Raes_(TV_series))
- [Raes Junction](/source/Raes_Junction), small settlement in New Zealand

## References

1. [Raas](http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_naam=Raas&nfd_naam=Raas&info=documentatie&operator=eq&taal=) at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.

1. [Raas](http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nvb/verklaring/naam/Raas) at the Corpus of First Names in The Netherlands

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