Meaning & History
Old Norse word meaning "counsel, advice".
Related Items
Other Languages & Culturesræd (Anglo-Saxon) rad (Frankish) red (Old Frisian) rēdaz (Old Germanic) rat (Old High German)
Given Name DescendantsRaul (Azerbaijani) Raül (Catalan) Ralf (Danish) Rafe, Ralf, Ralph (English) Raul (Estonian) Raoul (French) Ralf, Ralph (German) Radulf (Germanic) Raul (Italian) Ralfs (Latvian) Rēdawulfaz (Old Germanic) Ráðúlfr (Old Norse) Raul (Portuguese) Raul (Romanian) Raúl (Spanish) Ralf, Ralph (Swedish)
Surname DescendantRao (Italian)
Same Spellingrath
Sources & References
- Cleasby, Richard and Gudbrand Vigfusson. An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874), entry ráð, available from https://old-norse.net/html/r.php#ráð.
Entry updated May 26, 2026