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Rafe - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Rafe
 
 

 


The boy name Rafe [ 1 syll. ra-fe, raf-e ] is pronounced as REYF KEY. Rafe is mainly used in the English language and it is of Germanic origin. Rafe is a variant form of the English name Ralph.

Rafe is a rare baby boy name. It is not ranked within the top 1000. In 2007, among the family of boy names directly linked to Rafe, the English Ralph was the most popular.

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

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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