Rafe is a given name for a male used in many countries across the world. If the name is English, Scandinavian or German it is of Old Norse origin (meaning "counsel of the wolf" or "wise wolf"), derived from the Old Norse Raðulfr (rað "counsel" + ulfr "wolf") through Old English Rædwulf. When the name is Italian, Spanish, Portuguese or Hebrew it is often a short form of Rafael.

Notable people

Rafe Champion Kilmeny Niland (1950 – 27 February 2009) was a New Zealand–born Australian artist and illustrator. While best known for her children's book illustrations, she worked in a wide range of genres, including animation, wildlife art, miniatures, ...

(born 1945), Australian writer * Rafe Custance (born 1994), New Zealand actor *

Rafe de Crespigny Richard Rafe Champion de Crespigny (born 1936), also known by his Chinese name Zhang Leifu (), is an Australian sinologist and historian. He was an adjunct professor in the College of Asia and the Pacific at the Australian National University. ...

(born 1936), Australian sinologist, professor and writer * Rafe Esquith, American award-winning elementary school teacher *

Rafe Furst Rafe Furst is an entrepreneur, impact investor, writer, producer and poker player. He is co-founder of Crowdfunder and advises many projects that involve technology and social entrepreneurship. Furst has spoken about transformation of early-s ...

, American entrepreneur and poker player, founder of Full Tilt Poker * Rafe Gomez (born 1961/1962), American music producer *

Rafe Judkins Rafe Lee Judkins (born January 8, 1983) is an American television writer, television producer, and screenwriter. He is the showrunner for the Amazon Prime Video television series ''The Wheel of Time'' and appeared as a contestant on the 11th ...

(born 1983), American contestant on ''Survivor'' and television writer *

Rafe Mair Kenneth Rafe Mair (31 December 1931 – 9 October 2017) was a Canadian lawyer, political commentator, radio personality and politician in British Columbia, Canada. He served in the British Columbia Legislative Assembly as the member for Kamloo ...

(1931–2017), Canadian lawyer, political commentator and former radio personality and politician *

Rafe Needleman Rafe Needleman is a magazine and website editor and published author. He wrote a Star Trek trivia book in 1980 and has covered technology and business since 1988. Previously a co-host of CNET's Buzz Out Loud Daily Podcast with Molly Wood, and C ...

, American editor and author * Rafe Spall (born 1983), English actor *

Rafe Stefanini Rafe Stefanini is an Old-time music, old-time banjo player, fiddler, guitarist, singer, teacher, violin maker, and restorer. He was born in San Benedetto Val di Sambro, Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy and grew up in Bologna. He first visited the U ...

, Italian musician, singer, teacher and violin maker *

Rafe Wolfe Rafe Raccini Wolfe (born 19 December 1985) is a Jamaican international footballer who plays professionally for Humble Lions, as a right back. Early and personal life Born in St Catherine, Wolfe is the brother of Wolry Wolfe and Kemeel Wolf ...

(born 1985), Jamaican footballer

Fictional characters

* Rafe, in Christopher Marlowe's play '' Doctor Faustus'' * Rafe, in Francis Beaumont's 1607 play ''

The Knight of the Burning Pestle ''The Knight of the Burning Pestle'' is a play in five acts by Francis Beaumont, first performed at Blackfriars Theatre in 1607 and published in a quarto in 1613. It is the earliest whole parody (or pastiche) play in English. The play is a sat ...

'' * Rafe, a minor character in Victoria Aveyard's "Red Queen" series. Like the main protagonist, he is a newblood Electricon who can create and control lightning at will. * Rafe Adler, the main antagonist of the 2016 video game '' Uncharted 4: A Thief's End'' * Rafe Cameron, a character in the series ''

Outer Banks The Outer Banks (frequently abbreviated OBX) are a string of barrier islands and spits off the coast of North Carolina and southeastern Virginia, on the east coast of the United States. They line most of the North Carolina coastline, separating ...

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Rafe Durville The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the New Zealand soap opera ''Shortland Street'' in 2010, by order of first appearance. Loren Fitzpatrick Loren Fitzpatrick was the vegetarian love interest for Daniel Potts (Ido Dren ...

, on New Zealand daytime drama ''Shortland Street'' *

Rafe Garretson This is a list of characters from the ABC Daytime soap opera ''One Life to Live'' that began their run between the beginning of 1980 and the end of 1989. Austin Buchanan Austin Buchanan is a fictional character on the ABC Daytime soap opera ' ...

, on the soap opera ''One Life to Live'' * Rafe Gruber, on NBC primetime series ''

Chuck Chuck is a masculine given name or a nickname for Charles or Charlie. It may refer to: People Arts and entertainment * Chuck Alaimo, American saxophonist, leader of the Chuck Alaimo Quartet * Chuck Barris (1929–2017), American TV producer * C ...

'' * Rafe Guttman, the lead in the film '' Bordello of Blood'' *

Rafe Hernandez Rafe Hernandez is a fictional character on ''Days of Our Lives'', an American soap opera on the NBC network. Portrayed by Galen Gering and created by Dena Higley, Rafe is introduced in 2008 as the FBI agent assigned to protect the troublesome Sam ...

, on the soap opera ''Days of Our Lives'' * Rafe Hollister, moonshiner and singer on ''

The Andy Griffith Show ''The Andy Griffith Show '' is an American situation comedy television series that aired on CBS from October 3, 1960, to April 1, 1968, with a total of 249 half-hour episodes spanning eight seasons—159 in black and white and 90 in color. The ...

'' *

Rafe Kovich The following is a list of characters who appeared on the ABC daytime soap opera ''Port Charles'', which ran from 1997 to 2003. The series was created by Carolyn Culliton, Richard Culliton, and Wendy Riche. It is a spin-off of the serial '' Genera ...

, on the soap opera ''Port Charles'' * Rafe McCawley, the lead in the film ''

Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor is an American lagoon harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu. It was often visited by the Naval fleet of the United States, before it was acquired from the Hawaiian Kingdom by the U.S. with the signing of the Re ...

'', played by Ben Affleck * Rafe McCawley, a lead in the SyFy series '' Defiance'', played by Graham Greene * Rafael "Rafe" Khatchadorian, protagonist of James Patterson's book '' Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life''

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