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Raes

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

  • Albert Raes (born 1932), Belgian magistrate and head of the Belgian Security Services
  • Anouk Raes (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 (1907–1992), Belgian racing cyclist.
  • Roeland Raes (born 1934), Belgian jurist and politician
  • Tom Raes (born 1988), Belgian footballer

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Raas at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.
  2. ^ Raas at the Corpus of First Names in The Netherlands