Raes is a Dutch patronymic surname most common in East Flanders. The archaic given name Raes or Raas was short for Erasmus or was a derivative the Middle Dutch male name Razo.^[1][2] People with this surname include:

• Albert Raes (born 1932), Belgian magistrate and head of the Belgian Security Services
• Anouk Raes (born 1988), Belgian field hockey player
• Bruno Raes, Belgian darts player
• Godfried-Willem Raes (born 1952), Belgian composer, performer and instrument maker
• Hugo Raes (1929–2013), Belgian novelist
• Maurice Raes (1907–1992), Belgian racing cyclist.
• Roeland Raes (born 1934), Belgian jurist and politician
• Tom Raes (born 1988), Belgian footballer

See also

• Jan Raas (born 1952), Dutch cyclist
• Ras (surname), surname of the same origin
• Rae (disambiguation)
• RAeS, the British Royal Aeronautical Society
• 9797 Raes, asteroid named after Hugo Raes
• The Raes, Welsh-Canadian singing duo who had a television show of the same name
• Raes Junction, small settlement in New Zealand

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