Rafi (name)

Rafi 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". 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".

Rafi is also 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
• Muhammad Rafi Usmani, Grand Mufti of Pakistan

First name

• 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 Izbicki, Israel Defense Forces spokesperson
• 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, full name Raffi Cavoukian (born 1948), Canadian singer-songwriter known for his children's music
• 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
• Raffi Lavie (1937–2007), Israeli artist
• Raffi Torres (born 1981), Canadian professional ice hockey player

In fiction

• Rafi, in the British web series Corner Shop Show.

See also

• Rafi (disambiguation)
• Raffi (disambiguation)
• "Raffie", nickname of Raphael Wallace (born 1957), Nevisian former cricketer
• Mohammed Rafie (born 1946), former Minister of Defense and a vice-president of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan