Raef is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning “kind, compassionate, affectionate, benign.” In 2024 it was given to 8 boys in the United States.
Raef belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “kind, compassionate, affectionate, benign” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Raef first appears in Social Security records in 1966. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #2589 in 2002, and in 2024 8 babies received the name — 367 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Raef means “kind, compassionate, affectionate, benign” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Raef is a boy name. In 2024, 8 babies received the name in the US.
Raef comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition.
Raef first appears in US records in 1966. Its best-ever ranking was #2589 in 2002, and 8 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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