Raia Family History
Raia Name Meaning
Italian (southern):: topographic name from raia ‘smilax’ (a climbing shrub). from raja ‘ray skate’ (the fish) presumably a nickname for someone thought to resemble the fish or for a fisherman or fish seller. nickname or metonymic occupational name from Arabic rāyah ‘flag’ or raʿāyā ‘herds’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022