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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Irish : Prosperous
  • Hebrew : Healed by God

Boy name variations

Rafe

Rafe

+ 32% this year
Masculine
Rare
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Rafer

Rafer

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
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Raferty

Raferty

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
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Raff

Raff

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
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Raffer

Raffer

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
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Raffi

Raffi

+ 64% this year
Masculine
Rare
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Raffy

Raffy

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
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Raphael

Raphael

+ 16% this year
Masculine
Uncommon
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Rafael

Rafael

+ 1% this year
Masculine
Common
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Rafaelle

Rafaelle

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
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Rafaello

Rafaello

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
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Rafi

Rafi

+ 26% this year
Masculine
Rare
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Raph

Raph

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
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Rafal

Rafal

0 % this year
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Rare
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How Popular Is The Name Rafferty

Family name origins & meanings

  • Irish (especially Ulster) : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Rabhartaigh or Ó Robhartaigh (often found as Ó Raithbheartaigh) ‘descendant of Rabhartach or Robhartach’, a personal name meaning ‘flood tide’, hence ‘abundance’, ‘prosperity’.

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