Rafi - Origin and Meaning of the name

[ 2 syll. ra-fi, raf-i ] The boy name Rafi is pronounced as RAEFiy or RAAFiy ^KEY. Rafi is used mostly in Arabic and English. It is of Arabic and Hebrew origin. From Arabic and Hebrew roots, its meaning is exalting - in this context, Rafi is usually used in the Arabic language.

In addition, Rafi is a variant form (English) of the English, French, German, and Hebrew name Raphael.

Rafi is also a variant form (Arabic) of the Arabic and Indian name Rafiq.

Rafi is not often used as a baby boy name. It is not in the top 1000 names. Among the family of boy names directly related to Rafi, the English, French, German, and Hebrew Raphael was the most regularly used in 2008.

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

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