Rafsa

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 3 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
3
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#5927
3 babies

Rafsa by the numbers

In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Rafsa.

What we can tell you about Rafsa

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 Rafsa. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Raisarose; derived from Rose34 in England and Wales (2025)
  • RafaGod heals; a form of Raphael15 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Rafia5 in the US (2017)
  • Raysa4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Raynaqueen; a modern spelling of Reyna391 in the US (2017)
  • Rainaqueen; variant of Rani351 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Rafsa

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