Rafi (name)

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Rafi (Arabic: رافع, romanizedrāfiʿ) is a male given name of Arabic origin. It is one of the names of Allah in Islam, 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.

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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

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