Raef is a male

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Raif, Raaif or Raef (

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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 Rauf or Rawuf (Arabic: رَؤُوف ''ra’ūf'' or ''rawūf'') is an Arabic male given name or surname which is a noun and the exaggerated form of the name Raif (or Raef) meaning "kind, affectionate, benign", "sympathetic, merciful" or ''compassio ...

. However, the name Rauf is an exaggerated form and Raif is an

agent noun In linguistics, an agent noun (in Latin, ) is a word that is derived from another word denoting an action, and that identifies an entity that does that action. For example, ''driver'' is an agent noun formed from the verb ''drive''. Usually, '' ...

which is also exaggerated in nature. Other written variants are Ra'ef, Rayif or Raefe. *

Raef (singer) Raef Haggag (; born August 8, 1982) is an Egyptian-American singer. Beginnings Raef picked up playing guitar during his time at the University of Maryland, College Park where he studied computer science. After graduation, Raef worked briefly ...

(born 1982), Egyptian-American singer, songwriter * Raef al-Maarri, officer in the Syrian Army *

Raif Badawi Raif bin Muhammad Badawi (, 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 was arrested in 2012 on a charge of ...

(born 1982), Saudi Arabian blogger and activist, sometimes transliterated "Raef Badawi" *

Raef al Hasan Rafa Raef Al Hasan Rafa (born 27 October 1988) is a Bangladeshi singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known as the former drummer of rock band Aurthohin and metal band Cryptic Fate. He was also member of metal band Severe De ...

(born 1986), Bangladeshi musician

English

It may a variant spelling of

Rafe In Hebrew orthography the rafe or raphe (, , 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 Tiberian Masoret ...

( ), an English name for a male, of

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origin (meaning "counsel of the wolf" or "wise wolf"), derived from Raðulfr (rað "counsel" + ulfr "wolf") through Old English Rædwulf. *

Raef LaFrentz Raef Andrew LaFrentz (born May 29, 1976) is an American former professional basketball Power forward (basketball), power forward and Center (basketball), center who played for the Denver Nuggets, Dallas Mavericks, Boston Celtics, and Portland Tra ...

(born 1979), American professional basketball power forward and center *

Raef Bjayou Raphael Bjayou (born 8 June 1980) is a British entrepreneur and television presenter who was fired in week 9 during The Apprentice (UK series four), series four of ''The Apprentice (UK)''. Education Bjayou was educated at two independent schools ...

(born 1980), British entrepreneur and television presenter

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