Rafiki - Meaning of Rafiki

What does Rafiki mean?

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Rafiki

[ 3 syll. ra-fi-ki, raf-iki ] The baby boy name Rafiki is also used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is Raa-FIY-Kiy- †. Rafiki is used chiefly in the African and Swahili languages, and its origin is Arabic. Rafiki is a variant of the name Rafiq (Arabic and Indian).

See also the related categories, swahili and arabic.

Rafiki is an infrequently used baby name for boys. It is not listed in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Rafiki include Rabea, Rabeah, Rafea, Rafeek, Rafeiya, Rafiya, Rapula, Ravea, Ripli, Rubius, Rupaka, Rafaelle, Rafeaya, Rafeeya, Rafieya, Raafiq, Rabah, Rafeak, Rafeaq, and Rafeeq.

† English pronunciation for Rafiki: R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)"