Raife is a boy's name of English origin meaning “counsel of the wolf.” In 2024 it was given to 39 boys in the United States.
Raife at a glance
Gender
Boy name
Origin
English & American
Meaning
“counsel of the wolf”
About the name Raife
Raife belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “counsel of the wolf” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Raife first appears in Social Security records in 2002. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #3137 in 2024, and in 2024 39 babies received the name — 209 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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.