Rafi (name)
Rafi is a male given name of Armenian and Arabic origin. It is one of the names of Allah, stemming from the Arabic verb rafaʿa, meaning "to lift, to raise ". It is distinct from another male name, Rafi. Other common transcriptions include "Rafee", "Rafie", "Rafay" and "Raffy".
Raffi is also an Armenian given name. It was popularized by the 19th-century author Hakob Melik Hakobian, who adopted it as his pen name.
Rafi is also a given name and a common nickname amongst Jews for people named Rafael.
People named Rafi
Last name
- Mirza Rafi Sauda, Urdu language poet
- Mohammed Rafi, Indian playback singer
- Mohammed Rafi (footballer), Indian footballer
- Rafi Usmani, Pakistani Deobandi scholar
- Muhammad Rafi, Dagestani historian of the 13th century
First name
Rafi
- Rafi al-Din Shirazi, Persian historian of the Sultanate of Bijapur
- Rafi ibn al-Layth, Khurasani Arab leader of a rebellion against the Abbasid Caliphate in 806–809
- Rafi ibn Harthama, ruler of Khurasan
- Rafi ud-Darajat, tenth Mughal emperor
- Rafi ud-Daulat, birth name of Shah Jahan II, briefly Mughal emperor in 1719, elder brother of Rafi Ul-Darjat
- Rafi Ahmed Kidwai, Indian politician
- Rafi Amit, Israeli poker player
- Rafi Cohen, Israeli soccer player and coach
- 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, former member of the city council in Glendale, California
- Rafi Melnick, Israeli economist and academic administrator
- Rafi Menco, Israeli basketball player
- Rafi Pitts, Iranian film director
- Rafi Yoeli, Israeli inventor
- Rafi Zabor, American musician and novelist
- Sultan Rafi Sharif Bey, pioneer in development of Islamic culture in the United States, born Yale Jean Singer
- Rafi and Mecartin, director duo in Malayalam films
- Rafi Peretz, Israeli rabbi and politician
Raffi
- Raffi Ahmad,, Indonesian celebrity artist
- Raffi Lavie, Israeli artist
- Raffi Torres, Canadian professional ice hockey player
Raffi (Armenian)
- Raffi, full name Raffi Cavoukian, Canadian singer-songwriter known for his children's music
- Raffi (novelist), pen name of the Armenian author of Hakop Melik Hakopian
- Raffi Armenian, Canadian conductor, pianist, composer, and teacher
- Raffi Boghosian, Iraqi broadcast journalist and TV host
- Raffi Boghosyan, or Raffi,
- Raffi Savazian, or Rafsta,
In fiction
- Rafi, in the British web series Corner Shop Show
- Rafi Tusk, a recurring character from the prime video animated series The adventures of rocky and bullwinkle