Male name
Rafi
855 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 2025. Expression number: 7.
Origin
(Given name 1) Apocope of the Aramaic given name Rafaël, Rafael meaning ("the compassion of God"). (Given name 2) Borrowing of the Armenian given name Րաֆֆի, Raffi. (Given name 3) Borrowing of the Arabic given name رافي, Rāfy which comes from the verb رفأ, rf'ā ("to mend, to reconcile") so the meaning in Arabic of the given name Rafi can mean ("the conciliator, the intermediary"). (Given name 4) Borrowing of the Urdu given name رفیع, Rfy'. (Given name 5) Borrowing of the Hindi given name रफ़ी, Rafī.Translated by Arcanes from the French Wiktionnaire, entry “Rafi”, text and translation under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In England and Wales
Peak in 2025: 76 births. 855 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2010s and 2020s. It really came into use around 2007. It is still given: 310 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
7
reflection, inner life, seeking
9 + 1 + 6 + 9 = 25 → 7
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
1
initiative, independence, beginnings
1 + 9 = 10 → 1
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
6
responsibility, harmony, commitment to others
9 + 6 = 15 → 6
- Digits missing from the name
- 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8
- Most frequent digit
- 9 · humanity, generosity, completion
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.