Raffi

raff-ee or rah-fee

Variation of Raphael, Rafferty, Rafi, or Rafiq etc.

Raffi Origin and Meaning

The name Raffi is a boy's name.

Short and jaunty but perfectly tailored too, Raffi is a name that crosses cultures and blends styles. An appealing choice with its nickname-feel and established-but-contemporary vibe, Raffi entered the UK Top 1000 for first time in 2022.

Raffi is a name with far-reaching and varied origins. It can be a nickname for the international Raphael, giving it the meaning "God has healed"; it can be a short form of the Irish Rafferty, meaning "floodtide"; it's an alternative spelling to the Arabic names Rafi, Rafee and Rafa, which mean "to raise" and "sublime and exalted"; it could also be a diminutive of Serafin, Serafina, Rafiq, and all the variants of Raphael.

For such a short name, Raffi holds a lot of meaning, travels well, and feels both playful and grounded. In 2022, it went from unranked to #746 in the UK, making it one of the fastest rising names that year.

Notable namesakes include Armenian singer, Raffi Cavoukian, known for his children's music; Indonesian actor Raffi Ahmad; Canadian ice hockey place, Raffi Torres; Raffi Musiker a (female) Star Trek character; actor Raffi Barsoumian, of The Vampire Diaries; and Raffi Quirke, an English rugby union player.

Famous People Named Raffi

• Raffi Cavoukian Canadian children's singer,songwriter
• Raffi Armenian Canadian conductor, pianist, composer, and teacher
• Raffi Boghosian Iraqi broadcast journalist and TV host
• Raffi Boghosyan Bulgarian singer
• Raffi Lavie Israeli artist
• Raffi Torres Canadian ice hockey player
• Raphael "Raffi" Williams (b. 1992) son of TV journalist Juan Williams