
Rafe name popularity, meaning and origin
Name Popularity: 94%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 , RaphaelaOther boys names beginning with R
Statistics
Overall UK ranking: 269 out of 4608
175 recorded births last year
Change in rank
- 10yrs
315 - 5yrs
12 - 1yr
103
- South West England (186)
- England (242)
- South East England (245)
- London (283)
- North West England (391)
- Yorkshire (409)
- West Midlands (412)
- Wales (462)
- East Midlands (494)
- Scotland (897)
Regional popularity
Ranking for this name in various UK regions
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 2022