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Rafe - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Rafe

[ 1 syll. ra-fe, raf-e ] The boy name Rafe is pronounced as REYF KEY. Rafe is mainly used in the English language. It is of Irish Gaelic, Germanic, and Hebrew origin.

Rafe is a variant form of the English, French, German, and Hebrew name Raphael in the English language.

Rafe is also a variant form of the English and German name Ralph in the English language.

Rafe is also a variant form of the English name Rafferty.

Rafe is a rare baby boy name. It is not ranked within the top 1000. In 2008, among the family of boy names directly linked to Rafe, the English, French, German, and Hebrew Raphael was the most popular.

Baby names that sound like Rafe include the English and Scottish Rab, the English Raf, the English Raff, the English Reave, the Scottish Reefe, the English Reeve, the English Rip, the English Ripp, the English Rob, the English Robb, the Scandinavian Roffe, the German Röfe, the English Rube, the Arabic Rabab, the Scottish Rabbie, the Arabic Rabi, the Arabic Rabih, the Spanish Rafa, the English Raffy, and the Arabic and English Rafi.

KEY: Pronunciation for Rafe: R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; F as in "fee (F.IY)"


 
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