🔥Rafe

Variation of Ralph

"wolf-counsel"

Rafe Origin and Meaning

The name Rafe is a boy's name meaning "wolf-counsel".

Used almost exclusively in England; would make an equally amiable short form here for Raphael or Rafferty -- and could also stand on its own. If you're looking for boys' names starting with R, this is one of your cooler choices.

Rafe Rank in US Top 1000

# 887 in the US

Rafe Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 295 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Rafe

• 295 Nameberry 2025
• 463 Unique 2023
• 228 England 2023

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Famous People Named Rafe

• Ralph Nathaniel "Rafe" Fiennes English actor
• Rafe Joseph Spall English actor
• Rafe Custance New Zealand actor
• Rafe Furst American entrepreneur
• Rafe Gomez American music producer
• Rafe Judkins American reality TV personality ("Survivor") and TV writer
• Rafe Mair Canadian lawyer and political commentator
• Rafe Needleman American journalist, editor and author
• Rafe Stefanini Italian folk musician
• Rafe VanHoy American songwriter
• Rafe Raccini Wolfe Jamaican footballer
• Raphe Beck son of American TV personality and author Glenn Beck

The name Rafe in Pop Culture

• Rafe Adler character from the "Uncharted" game series
• Rafael "Rafe" Covington character in book/movie "Crossfire Trail"
• Rafe Deed character in movie "Edison"
• Capt. Rafe McCawley main character in movie "Pearl Harbor"
• Rafe Hernandez character on American soap "Days of our Lives"
• Seamus Rafael "Rafe" Goldberg main character in "Openly Straight" by Bill Konigsberg
• Rafe character from John Stephens' fantasy book series "The Books of Beginning"
• Rafe Khatchadorian character in the book and film "Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life"
• Rafe Cameron character in TV show "Outer Banks"
• Jaxon Tyrus Rafferty "Rafe" Character in Mary E. Pearson's Remnant Chronicles