Raif is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning “kind, compassionate, affectionate, benign.” In 2024 it was given to 12 boys in the United States.
Raif at a glance
Gender
Boy name
Origin
Muslim & Arabic · Turkish
Meaning
“kind, compassionate, affectionate, benign”
About the name Raif
Raif belongs to the Muslim & Arabic and Turkish 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, Raif first appears in Social Security records in 1967. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #3469 in 1967, and in 2024 12 babies received the name — 324 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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