Beam of light or ewe by the lake
A modern American compound name. It combines the name Rae, which can be a short form of the Hebrew Rachel (meaning ewe) or the English word ray (beam of light), with the popular suffix -lynne, derived from the Welsh word for lake.
About 30 girls were named Raelynne in 2025.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
