Rafe - boys name

Rafe name popularity, meaning and origin

Name Popularity: 96%

Rafe name meaning:

Origin: English

The meaning of the name Rafe falls into two camps depending on the origin. In northern Europe, i.e. Britain, Scandinavia or Germany it is of Old Norse origin and means "wise wolf" or counsel of the wolf".

In southern Europe and in Hebrew the name is likely to be a short form of Raphael / Rafael. This is the name of one of the archangels from the Bible and comes from the Hebrew 'God has healed'.

Related names

Raphael , Rafael , Rafaela , Rafe , Raffaello , Rafi , Raphaela

Other boys names beginning with R

Statistics

Overall UK ranking: 213 out of 4789

248 recorded births last year

Change in rank

  • 10yrs

    375
  • 5yrs

  • 1yr

    56

    Regional popularity

    Ranking for this name in various UK regions

  • Scotland (533)

Historical popularity of Rafe

The graph below shows the popularity of the boys's name Rafe from all the UK baby name statistics available. It's a quick easy way to see the trend for Rafe in 2023