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Rafa - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Rafa

[ syll. ra-fa, raf-a ] The boy name Rafa is also used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is RahFah KEY. Rafa is a Spanish name of Hebrew origin. Rafa is a pet form of the name Raphael (English, French, German, and Hebrew).

Rafa is not regularly used as a baby name for boys. It is not listed in the top 1000 names. Out of the group of boy names directly linked to Rafa, Raphael (English, French, German, and Hebrew) was the most popular in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Rafa include Rabab (Arabic), Rabbie (Scottish), Rabi (Arabic), Rabih (Arabic), Raffy (English), Rafi (Arabic and English), Rapha (English), Ravi (Indian), Raviv, Refi (Hebrew), Robbi (English), Robbie (English), Robby (English), Robi (Hungarian), Ruby (English), Rufo (Spanish), Ruuppo (Finnish), Rab (English and Scottish), Rabeah (Arabic), and Raf (English).

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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