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I know everything I said is guesswork, I said as much in my reply. But you didn't say "radius", you said "raz" and raz is not a Latin word and relating it to radius is a stretch on your part as well. Even still, looking at the most likely etymologies for those words does not lead to Ra, the Egyptian god, no matter what, which is what I was mostly going after. As for the Slavic origins, just because a name is used in one culture doesn't mean it necessarily has origins in it... as you pointed out in your own reply. But that doesn't mean that an etymology including Ra is as equally likely either, it's one of the most unlikely, as 'modern' names with Ancient Egyptian roots are near non-existent, especially outside of its native region. My suggestions with the Slavic origins were based on what the name looks and sounds like now, and what I could find for appropriate probably roots, and what could be likely (given the region and its history) and was only meant to be another idea that shows that we have no idea where the name came from and thus the name page should not be updated.

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My PNL = http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/37275

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This message was edited 5/20/2014, 2:43 PM