Rafay
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 12 babies a year in England and Wales.
Rafay by the numbers
In 2025, 12 babies in England and Wales were named Rafay. In the US, 13 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 22 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Rafay
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 Rafay. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- RaffyGod has healed; a form of Raphael26 in England and Wales (2025)
- RafaGod heals; a form of Raphael15 in England and Wales (2025)
- RafalGod heals; a form of Raphael6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rafan10 in the US (2017)
- Rafaelgod heals; a form of Raphael266 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rayanwatered; verdant or irrigated land291 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Rafay
Names that are said the same way as Rafay, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Raphahealed or God heals; short form of Raphael4 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Rafay
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