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Updated June 9, 2019

How Popular Is The Name Raia

Family name origins & meanings

  • Italian : topographic name from Sicilian raia ‘smilax’ (a climbing shrub).
  • Italian : from Sicilian raja ‘ray’, ‘skate’ (the fish), presumably a nickname for someone thought to resemble the fish or a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman or fish seller.
  • Italian : from Arabic rāyah ‘flag’.

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