Name

Name RARE

Between 1995 and 2022 there were 43 births of Rare in the countries below, which represents an average of 2 births of children bearing the first name Rare per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 6 births.

Other languages :
En Français

Prénom Rare
In Italiano

Nome Rare

Information about the first name Rare

The first name Rare has been assigned to:

97.67% to boys
2.33% to girls

The country where the first name Rare is the most common is:

Belgium

This first name is on trend: Male

This first name has 4 letters including 2 vowels and 2 consonants

Anagrams of the first name Rare

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Rare : Erra

Rare in Japanese ^*

Romaji	raa
Katakana	ラー
Hiragana	らー
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
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Rare in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Rare

English

Etymology

From Middle English rare, from Old French rare, rere (“rare, uncommon”), from Latin rārus (“loose, spaced apart, thin, infrequent”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- (“friable, thin”). Replaced native Middle English gesen (“rare, scarce”) (from Old English gǣsne), Middle English seld (“rare, uncommon”) (from Old English selden), and Middle English seldscene (“rare, rarely seen, infrequent”) (from Old English seldsēne).

Etymology

From a dialectal variant of rear, from Middle English rere, from Old English hrēr, hrēre (“not thoroughly cooked, underdone, lightly boiled”), from hrēran (“to move, shake, agitate”), from Proto-Germanic *hrōzijaną (“to stir”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱroHs- (“to mix, stir, cook”). Related to Old English hrōr (“stirring, busy, active, strong, brave”). More at rear.

Etymology

Variant of rear.

Etymology

Compare rather, rath.

Etymology (Adjective)

rare (comparative rarer, superlative rarest)
Very uncommon; scarce.
Synonyms: scarce, selcouth, seld, selly, geason, uncommon; see also Thesaurus:rare
Antonyms: common, frequent; see also Thesaurus:common
(of a gas) Thin; of low density.
(UK, slang) Good; enjoyable.
1981, Chris Difford (lyrics), Glenn Tilbrook (vocal), "Vanity Fair" (song):
Sees her reflection in a butcher shop.
She finds it all quite rare
That her meat's all vanity fair.

Etymology (Noun)

rare (plural rares)
(gaming) A scarce or uncommon item.

Etymology (Adjective)

rare (comparative rarer or more rare, superlative rarest or most rare)
(cooking) Particularly of meat, especially beefsteak: cooked very lightly, so the meat is still red.
Antonym: well done

Etymology (Alternative forms)

reer, rere (British)

Etymology (Verb)

rare (third-person singular simple present rares, present participle raring, simple past and past participle rared)
(US, intransitive) To rear, rise up, start backwards.
(US, transitive) To rear, bring up, raise.

Etymology (Adjective)