Ras

Where Ras comes from

Various origins: * Borrowed from Czech Raš and Polish Raś, a pet form of various Slavic personal names * Borrowed from Spanish Ras, from ras (“level”); perhaps a topographic surname for someone who lived on flat land * Borrowed from French and Catalan Ras, from ras (“shorn, peeled, bare”), hence a topographic surname for someone who lived on a barren or razed area * Borrowed from Dutch Ras, nickname for a nimble person, from ras (“quick, swift”)
— Wiktionary's entry for Ras
Ras through the years
  1. 1886
    First appearance
    #959 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1890
    Peak, #667
    9 babies named Ras, its best rank.
  3. 1893
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes

No widely recognized namesakes for Ras in Wikidata.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.