Rafeaq or Raffi ( ar, رافع fa, رافی ur, رفیع) is a name of Arabic origin is one of the

names of God in Islam Names of God in Islam ( ar, أَسْمَاءُ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ , "''Allah's Beautiful Names''") are names attributed to God in Islam by Muslims. While some names are only in the Quran, and others are only in the hadith, th ...

, stemming from the Arabic verb ''rafaʿ'' (رَفَع), meaning "to lift, to raise (something high)". maybe also ''rafi'' means "noble".Amanda Elizabeth Barden ''Baby Names Made Easy: The Complete Reverse-Dictionary'' 1416570314 2009 "Raffi (Arabic) "exalted." Rafi." There are two common known variants of the name: Rafi/ Raafi (

Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic languages, Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C ...

: ''rāfiʿ'' رافع - meaning "Hoister/ Exalter/ Raiser f Ranks) and Rafi/ Rafee (

: ''rafīʿ'' رفيع - meaning "Possessor of Highest Ranks" or "Exalted/ Grand/ High") which is commonly confused. Other common variants include "Rafee", "Rafie", "Rafiq" 'corrupt form'' "Rafay" and "Raffy". Raffi ( hy, Րաֆֆի hyw, Ռաֆֆի) is also an Armenian

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

. Rafi ( he, רפי) is also a common nickname amongst Jews for people named

Rafael Rafael may refer to: * Rafael (given name) or Raphael, a name of Hebrew origin * Rafael, California * Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, Israeli manufacturer of weapons and military technology * Hurricane Rafael, a 2012 hurricane Fiction * ''R ...

People named Rafi

Last name

Mirza Rafi Sauda Mirza Mohammad rafi 'Sauda' ( ur, ), (1713–1781) was an Urdu poet in Delhi, India. He is known for his ''Ghazals'' and Urdu ''Qasidas''. Biography He was born in 1713 in Shahjahanabad (i.e. Old Delhi), where he was also brought up. At the ...

, Urdu language poet *

Mohammed Rafi Mohammed Rafi (24 December 1924 – 31 July 1980) was an Indian playback singer and musician. He is considered to have been one of the greatest and most influential singers of the Indian subcontinent. Rafi was notable for his versatility and ...

, Indian playback singer *

Mohammed Rafi (footballer) Mohammed Rafi (born 24 May 1982, Trikaripur, Kasargod) is an Indian former professional footballer who last played for Kerala Blasters as a striker in Indian Super League. Club Mohammed Rafi came through the ranks of SBT which had distincti ...

, Indian footballer *

Muhammad Rafi Usmani Muhammad Rafi Usmani ( ur, محمد رفیع عثمانی; 21 July 1936 – 18 November 2022) was a Pakistani Muslim scholar, jurist and author who served as the President of Darul Uloom Karachi. He was an alumnus of Darul Uloom Deoband, Univer ...

, Pakistani

Deobandi Deobandi is a revivalist movement within Sunni Islam, adhering to the Hanafi school of law, formed in the late 19th century around the Darul Uloom Madrassa in Deoband, India, from which the name derives, by Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi, R ...

scholar * '
Brandon Rafi
'' American lawyer, entrepreneur and leading accident personal injury law expert

First name

Rafi

Rafi ibn al-Layth Rāfiʿ ibn al Layth ibn Naṣr ibn Sayyār () was a Khurasani Arab noble who led a large-scale rebellion against the Abbasid Caliphate in 806–809. He was the grandson of the last Umayyad governor of Khurasan, Nasr ibn Sayyar. His father Layth ...

, Khurasani Arab leader of a rebellion against the Abbasid Caliphate in 806–809 *

Rafi ibn Harthama Rāfi‘ ibn Harthama () (died 896) was a mercenary soldier who in the turmoils of the late 9th century became ruler of Greater Khorasan, Khurasan from 882 to 892. Biography Rafi was originally in the service of the Tahirid dynasty, Tahirids,Bo ...

(died 896), ruler of Khurasan (882–892) *

Rafi Ul-Darjat Rafi ud-Darajat (; 1 December 1699 – 6 June 1719), the youngest son of Rafi-ush-Shan and the nephew of Azim-ush-Shan, was the eleventh Mughal Emperor. He was placed on the throne by the Sayyid Brothers of Barha, after they had executed the ...

(1699–1719), tenth Mughal emperor (for three months) * Rafi Ud-Daulat, birth name of

Shah Jahan II Shah Jahan II (; June 1696 – 19 September 1719), born Rafi-ud-Daulah, was the twelfth Mughal emperor for a brief period in 1719. After being chosen by the Sayyid Brothers of Barha, he succeeded his short-lived brother Rafi-ud-Darajat in th ...

(1696–1719), briefly Mughal emperor in 1719, elder brother of Rafi Ul-Darjat *

Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Rafi Ahmed Kidwai (18 February 1894 – 24 October 1954) was a politician, an Indian independence activist and a socialist. He hailed from Barabanki District of Uttar Pradesh, in north India. Early life Rafi Ahmed was born in the village of M ...

, Indian politician *

Rafi Amit Rafi Amit ( he, רפי אמית), is an Israeli professional poker player, from Holon. Amit has won two bracelets at the World Series of Poker, the first in the 2005 Pot limit Omaha event and the second in 2007 in the $1,000 Deuce to Seven Tri ...

, Israeli poker player * Rafi Cohen (born 1965), Israeli soccer player and coach *

Rafi Eitan Rafael Eitan ( he, רפי איתן; 23 November 1926 – 23 March 2019) was an Israeli politician and intelligence officer. He also led Gil and served as Minister of Senior Citizens. He was in charge of the Mossad operation that led to the ar ...

, Israeli politician * Rafi Escudero, musician, singer and poet from Puerto Rico *

Rafi Gavron Raphael Pichey Gavron (born 24 June 1989) is an English-American actor. He had supporting roles in the films ''Breaking and Entering'' (2006), ''Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist'' (2008), '' A Star Is Born'' (2018), and the series '' Life Unex ...

, British actor *

Rafi Greenberg Rafi Greenberg (Rafael) is a senior lecturer in archaeology at Tel Aviv University. Greenberg is the leading critic of the archaeological digs now underway at the Ophel, in Jerusalem. Greenberg founded an organization called An Alternative Arch ...

, senior lecturer in archaeology at Tel Aviv University *

Rafi Khawar Rafi Khawar (Punjabi language, Punjabi, ur, رفیع خاور) (4 August 1942 – 2 June 1986), popularly known as Nanha (Urdu: ننھا), was a Pakistani actor and comedian. He started his film career in 1966 and earned several awards in ...

, Pakistani actor *

Rafi Manoukian Rafi Manoukian (born 1961) is a businessman and elected council member for several terms to Glendale City Council and has served at times as mayor of the city. Biography Manoukian immigrated to the United States in 1975 from Beirut, Lebanon wit ...

, former member of the city council in Glendale, California *

Rafi Menco Rafael "Rafi" Menco ( he, רפי מנקו; born March 5, 1994) is an Israeli professional basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League and the EuroLeague. He was named the Israeli Basketball Premier League Most ...

(born 1994), Israeli basketball player *

Rafi Pitts Rafi Pitts ( fa, رفیع پیتز, born 1967) is an Iranian film director. Life and career Pitts was born in Mashad, Iran. Rafi spent his childhood in Tehran, where he lived in a basement flat underneath a post-production studio. He came to Eng ...

, Iranian film director *

Rafi Yoeli Rafi Yoeli, Ph.D., is an Israeli pilot, inventor, designer of two proposed flying cars (Urban Aeronautics X-Hawk, Tactical Robotics Cormorant), and CEO of Urban Aeronautics Ltd., which he founded in Yavne, Israel in 2000. Early life and education ...

, Israeli inventor *

Rafi Zabor Rafi Zabor (born Joel Zaborovsky, August 22, 1946) is a Brooklyn, New York–based music journalist- and musician-turned-novelist. Life and work A graduate of Brooklyn College, Zabor became a jazz critic for ''Musician'' in 1977, and later beca ...

, American musician and novelist *

Sultan Rafi Sharif Bey Rafi Yahya Abdullah Sharif-Bey (February 28, 1940 – March 2, 2006) was a pioneer in the development of Islamic culture in the United States. He was a co-founder of the Sufi group The Noble Order of Moorish Sufis, the head Mufti of Moorish Scie ...

, pioneer in development of Islamic culture in the United States, born Yale Jean Singer * Rafi and Mecartin, director duo in Malayalam films *

Rafi Peretz Rafael "Rafi" Peretz (; born 7 January 1956) is an Israeli Orthodox rabbi and politician. A former military officer and helicopter pilot who also served as the Chief Military Rabbi of the Israel Defense Forces, he was the leader of the Jewi ...

, Israeli rabbi and politician

Raffi

Raffi Ahmad Raffi Farid Ahmad (born 17 February 1987) is an Indonesian media personality, presenter, actor, singer, entrepreneur and producer. As a Sundanese and Pakistani descent, He is the eldest son of Munawar Ahmad and Amy Qanita. Early life Raffi w ...

, (born 1987), Indonesian celebrity artist *

Raffi Lavie Raffi Lavie educator and music/art critic. Lavie's work is a cross between graffiti and abstract expressionism. Biography Rafael (Raffi) Lavi was born in Tel Aviv, Mandate Palestine. He began teaching at HaMidrasha – Faculty of the Arts 1966. ...

(1937–2007), Israeli artist *

Raffi Torres Raffi Cavoukian, ( hy, Րաֆֆի, born July 8, 1948), known professionally by the mononym Raffi, is a Canadian singer-lyricist and author of Armenian descent born in Egypt, best known for his children's music. He developed his career as a " ...

(born 1981), Canadian professional ice hockey player

Raffi (Armenian)

Raffi Raffi Cavoukian, ( hy, Րաֆֆի, born July 8, 1948), known professionally by the mononym Raffi, is a Canadian singer-lyricist and author of Armenian descent born in Egypt, best known for his children's music. He developed his career as a " ...

, full name Raffi Cavoukian (born 1948), Canadian singer-songwriter known for his children's music *

Raffi (novelist) Hakob Melik Hakobian ( hy, Յակոբ Մելիք-Յակոբեան ( classical); 1835–1888), better known by his pen name Raffi ( hy, Րաֆֆի; fa, رافی), was an Armenian author and leading figure in 19th-century Armenian literature. ...

(1835-1888), pen name of the Armenian author of Hakop Melik Hakopian *

Raffi Armenian Raffi Armenian, (born June 4, 1942) is a Canadian conductor, pianist, composer, and teacher. He directed the Kitchener–Waterloo Symphony orchestra for many years. Since 1999 he has been the director of Orchestral Studies at the University of T ...

(born 1942), Canadian conductor, pianist, composer, and teacher * Raffi Boghosian (born 1990), Iraqi broadcast journalist and TV host *

Raffi Boghosyan Raffi Aghasi Boghosyan ( bg, Рафи Ахаси Бохосян, translit=Rafi Akhasi Bokhosyan; hy, Րաֆֆի Աղասի Բողոսյան; born 29 January 1993), also known simply as Raffi or Rafi, is a Bulgarian singer and percussions player ...

, or Raffi, (born 1993), Bulgarian singer

In fiction

* Rafi, in the British web series ''

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