Rafi (name)

Rafeaq or Raffi (Arabic: رفیع‎ Persian: رافی‎ Urdu: رفیع‎) is a name of Arabic origin is one of the names of God in Islam, stemming from the Arabic verb rafaʿ (رَفَع), meaning "to lift, to raise (something high)". maybe also rafi means "noble".[1] There are two common known variants of the name: Rafi/ Raafi (Arabic: rāfiʿ رافع - meaning "Hoister/ Exalter/ Raiser [of Ranks]") and Rafi/ Rafee (Arabic: 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 (Armenian: Րաֆֆի Western Armenian: Ռաֆֆի) is also an Armenian given name.

Rafi is also a common nickname amongst Jews for people named Rafael.

People named Rafi

Last name

First name

Rafi
  • Rafi ibn al-Layth, Khurasani Arab leader of a rebellion against the Abbasid Caliphate in 806–809
  • Rafi ibn Harthama (died 896), ruler of Khurasan (882–892)
  • Rafi Ul-Darjat (1699–1719), tenth Mughal emperor (for three months)
  • Rafi Ud-Daulat, birth name of Shah Jahan II (1696–1719), briefly Mughal emperor in 1719, elder brother of Rafi Ul-Darjat
  • Rafi Ahmed Kidwai, Indian politician
  • Rafi Amit, Israeli poker player
  • Rafi Eitan, Israeli politician
  • Rafi Escudero, musician, singer and poet from Puerto Rico
  • Rafi Gavron, British actor
  • Rafi Greenberg, senior lecturer in archaeology at Tel Aviv University
  • Rafi Khawar, Pakistani actor
  • Rafi Manoukian, a former member of the city council in Glendale, California
  • Rafi Pitts, Iranian film director
  • Rafi Yoeli, Israeli inventor
  • Rafi Zabor, American musician and novelist
  • Sultan Rafi Sharif Bey, a pioneer in the development of Islamic culture in the United States born Yale Jean Singer
  • Rafi and Mecartin, a director duo in Malayalam films

Raffi

Raffi (Armenian)
  • Raffi, full name Raffi Cavoukian (born 1948), Canadian singer-songwriter known for his children's music
  • Raffi (novelist) (1835-1888), pen name of the Armenian author of Hakop Melik Hakopian
  • Raffi Armenian (born 1942), Canadian conductor, pianist, composer, and teacher
  • Raffi Boghosian (born 1990), Iraqi broadcast journalist and TV host
  • Raffi Boghosyan, or Raffi, (born 1993), Bulgarian singer

In fiction
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gollark: I'd prefer a plastic back, but so few phones still have that.
gollark: Because I don't *want* the back to shatter?
gollark: It is not as if I would otherwise try and drop it.
gollark: I can't just "not drop it".

See also

References
  1. Amanda Elizabeth Barden Baby Names Made Easy: The Complete Reverse-Dictionary 1416570314 2009 "Raffi (Arabic) "exalted." Rafi."
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