Jump to content

Rafi (name)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Rafi (Arabic: رافع, romanizedrāfiʿ) is a male given name of Armenian and Arabic origin. It is one of the names of Allah in religious , stemming from the Arabic verb rafaʿa (رَفَعَ), meaning "to lift, to raise (something high)". It is distinct from another male name, Rafi (Arabic: رفيع, romanizedrafīʿ, meaning "exalted/grand/high"). Other common transcriptions include "Rafee", "Rafie", "Rafay" and "Raffy".

Raffi (Armenian: Րաֆֆի or Ռաֆֆի) is also an Armenian given name. It was popularized by the 19th-century author Hakob Melik Hakobian, who adopted it as his pen name.[1]

Rafi (Hebrew: רפי) is also a common nickname amongst Jews for people named Rafael.

People named Rafi

[edit]

Last name

[edit]

First name

[edit]

Rafi

[edit]

Raffi

[edit]

Raffi (Armenian)

[edit]
  • 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

[edit]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Ačar̄yan, Hrač῾ya (1948). "R̄affi". Hayoc῾ anjnanunneri bar̄aran (in Armenian). Vol. IV. Erevan: Petakan hamalsarani hratarakč῾ut῾yun. p. 315.