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Raphie

Boy · RA-fee · Arabic

Raphie is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “exalted, high-ranking”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).

What does Raphie mean?

Arabic: spelling of Rafi; from rafi'; also a Hebrew short form of Raphael

“exalted, high-ranking”

Also a Hebrew pet form of Raphael; Mohammed Rafi was a legendary Indian film playback singer.

Say it
RA-fee

Meaning borrowed from Rafi.

Is Raphie a girl's or a boy's name?

Raphie is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Raphie in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#5,065among boys
Babies in 2025
3about 1 in 100,000 boys
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Raphie, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,143rd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 4 boys.

In 2025, 82 boys in the UK were given Raphie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #498, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.

2020Busiest: 4 in 20242025
Raphie in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20253#5,065
20244#4,346
20230–
20220–
20213#4,989
20201#6,143

Names like Raphie

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Other spellings of Raphie

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