Rafa - Meaning of Rafa

What does Rafa mean?

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Rafa

[ 2 syll. ra-fa, raf-a ] The baby boy name Rafa is also used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is RAEF-aa- †. Rafa is a Spanish name of Hebrew origin. Rafa is a diminutive form of the name Raphael (English, French, German, and Hebrew).

See also the related categories, hebrew and spanish.

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 was the most popular in 2018.

Baby names that sound like Rafa include Rapha (English), Raba (Hebrew), Rabab (Arabic), Rabbah (English and Hebrew), Rabbi, Rabbie (English and Scottish), Rabby, Rabee, Rabeeh, Rabey, Rabi (Arabic), Rabie, Raby, Rafe (English and Arabic), Rafee, Rafey, Raffea, Raffee, Raffey, and Raffi (English).

† English pronunciation for Rafa: R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)"