Rafe - Meaning of Rafe

What does Rafe mean?

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Rafe

[ 2 syll. ra-fe, raf-e ] The baby boy name Rafe is pronounced as Raa-iy-F or Rey-F †. Rafe is mainly used in the English and Arabic languages. It is of Irish Gaelic, Germanic, and Hebrew origin.

Rafe is a familiar form of the English name Rafferty.

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

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

See also the related categories, english, hebrew, germanic (german), arabic, and irish.

Rafe is a rare baby boy name. It is not ranked within the top 1000. In 2018, among the family of boy names directly linked to Rafe, Raphael was the most popular.

Baby names that sound like Rafe include Raif, Ralf, Ralph, Raph, Raba, Rabab, Rabbah, Rabbi, Rabbie, Rabby, Rabee, Rabeeh, Rabey, Rabi, Rabie, Raby, Rafa, Rafee, Rafey, and Raffea.

† Pronunciation for Rafe: R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; F as in "fee (F.IY)"