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Rafa - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Rafa
 
 


The boy name Rafa [ syll. ra-fa, raf-a ] is pronounced as RahFah KEY. Rafa is a Spanish name of Hebrew origin. Rafa is a pet form of the English, French, German, and Hebrew name Raphael.

Rafa is not widely used as a baby name for boys. It is not in the top 1000 names. Among the group of boy names directly related to Rafa, the English, French, German, and Hebrew Raphael was the most frequently used in 2007.

Baby names that sound like Rafa include the Scottish Rabbie, the Arabic and Indian Rabi, the English Rapha, the Indian Ravi, the English Robbie, the English Robby, the English Ruby, the Finnish Ruuppo, the Scottish Rab, the English Rafe, the English Rob, the English Robb, and the English Rube.

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Rafa: R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


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