The story
- Arabic · borrowed fromرَافِع“hoister, exalter, raiser”
- English todayRafi
Borrowed from Arabic رَافِع (rāfiʕ, “hoister, exalter, raiser”) or رَفِيع (rafīʕ, “elevated, high, noble”). This surname is predominantly found in Bangladesh.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.