Rafia
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Rafia by the numbers
Rafia was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 11 babies in 2002, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Rafia
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 Rafia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Ranialooking, gazing45 in England and Wales (2025)
- RafaGod heals; a form of Raphael15 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rabiaspring or garden12 in England and Wales (2025)
- Raiaking, ruler7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Radiasatisfied, content; a form of Radhiya3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rafifcompanion or friend4 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Rafia
Names that are said the same way as Rafia, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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