Rau

Rau

1. A surname from German.

• As a German surname, from obsolete rau (“rough, hairy, shaggy”).
• As an English surname, a Medieval variant of Ralph.
• As a Sicilian Italian surname, variant of Rao, from a derivative of the Germanic name Rudolph.
• As a Hindi surname, spelling variant of Rao.

Rau m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Raus or (with an article) Rau, feminine genitive Rau, plural Raus)

1. a surname

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Rau”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

• Rao (o-coloured, italianized)

Uncertain. Possibly borrowed from Catalan Grau (with regular lenition of the initial sound), a toponymic surname. Possibly akin to Ngrau (cfr. Italian Ingrao).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾa.u/
• Hyphenation: Rà‧u

Rau

1. a surname, Rau

• English: Rau, Rao
• Italian: Rau, Rao