Ratay Family History
Ratay Name Meaning
Americanized or Germanized form of Polish Czech Slovak Slovenian and Sorbian Rataj ‘plowman’. German: habitational name from Ratay or Rattey a village in Mecklenburg or Rataje part of the city of Poznań in Poland. Americanized form of French Ratté (see Ratte ). Compare Rattay .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022