Rafan
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 10 babies a year in the US.
Rafan by the numbers
Rafan was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 17 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Rafan
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Rafan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Rayanwatered; verdant or irrigated land291 in England and Wales (2025)
- Raganlittle king; variant of Regan22 in the US (2017)
- Rajanking, ruler8 in England and Wales (2025)
- RafaGod heals; a form of Raphael15 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ramanpleasing or delightful7 in England and Wales (2025)
- RafalGod heals; a form of Raphael6 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Rafan
Names that are said the same way as Rafan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Rafan
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