Raia Family History
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Raia Name Meaning
topographic name from Sicilian raia ‘smilax’ (a climbing shrub). 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. from Arabic rayah ‘flag’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
Similar surnames: Raba, Rapa, Rana, Rain, Raya, Rais, Rada, Rai, Rama, Baba