First name origins & meanings:
- Irish: Prosperous
- Hebrew: Healed by God
First name variations: Rafe, Rafer, Raferty, Raff, Raffer, Raffi, Raffy, Rafael, Rafaelle, Rafaello, Rafe, Rafer, Rafi, Raff, Raph, Rafal, Raphael Last name origin & meaning: 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’. Famous people who gave their babies this name:
Jude Law
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