Raef is a male
given name.
Arabic
Raif, Raaif or Raef (
Arabic
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رَائِف ''rā’if'') is an Arabic male given name meaning "kind, compassionate, affectionate, benign" or "sympathetic, merciful". The name comes from the Arabic verb ''ra’afa'' (
رَأَفَ) "to have compassion for, have mercy upon, be merciful toward" and stems from it the noun ''ra’ūf'' or ''rawūf'' (
رَؤُوفَ) which is also used as the male given name
Rauf.
However, the name Rauf is an exaggerated form and Raif is an
agent noun which is also exaggerated in nature.
Other written variants are Ra'ef, Rayif or Raefe.
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Raef (singer) (born 1982), Egyptian-American singer, songwriter
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Raef al-Maarri, officer in the Syrian Army
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Raif Badawi
Raif bin Muhammad Badawi ( ar, رائف بن محمد بدوي, also transcribed Raef bin Mohammed Badawi; born 13 January 1984) is a Saudi writer, dissident and activist, as well as the creator of the website ''Free Saudi Liberals''.
Badawi wa ...
(born 1982), Saudi Arabian blogger and activist, sometimes transliterated "Raef Badawi"
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Raef al Hasan Rafa (born 1986), Bangladeshi musician
English
It may a variant spelling of
Rafe
In Hebrew orthography the rafe or raphe ( he, רָפֶה, , meaning "weak, limp") is a diacritic (), a subtle horizontal overbar placed above certain letters to indicate that they are to be pronounced as fricatives.
It originated with the Ti ...
( ), an English name for a male, of
Old Norse
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origin (meaning "counsel of the wolf" or "wise wolf"), derived from Raðulfr (rað "counsel" + ulfr "wolf") through Old English Rædwulf.
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Raef LaFrentz (born 1979), American professional basketball power forward and center
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Raef Bjayou (born 1980), British entrepreneur and television presenter
See also
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Ralph (name)
Ralph (pronounced ; or ,) is a male given name of English, Scottish and Irish origin, derived from the Old English ''Rædwulf'' and Radulf, cognate with the Old Norse ''Raðulfr'' (''rað'' "counsel" and ''ulfr'' "wolf").
The most common forms ...
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Radulf (disambiguation) Radulf or Radulph may refer to:
*Radulf, King of Thuringia, 7th-century noble, Duke and then King
*Radulf II, Duke of Thuringia, 9th century
*Radulf of Narbonne, 8th-century Count
*Radulf of Besalú (died 920), Count
*Radulf (d. 1220), Radulf II, ...
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