Rafe (name)

Rafe is an English, Scandinavian and German given name for a male, used in many countries across the world but most popular in English-speaking countries. It is of Old Norse origin (meaning "counsel of the wolf" or "wise wolf"), derived from the Old Norse Raðulfr (rað "counsel" + ulfr "wolf") through Old English Rædwulf.

Notable people

  • Rafe Champion (born 1945), Australian writer
  • Rafe Custance (born 1994), New Zealand actor
  • Rafe de Crespigny (born 1936), Australian sinologist, professor and writer
  • Rafe Esquith, American award-winning elementary school teacher
  • Rafe Furst, American entrepreneur and poker player, founder of Full Tilt Poker
  • Rafe Gomez (born 1961/1962), American music producer
  • Rafe Judkins (born 1983), American contestant on Survivor and television writer
  • Rafe Mair (born 1931), Canadian lawyer, political commentator and former radio personality and politician
  • Rafe Needleman, American editor and author
  • Rafe Spall (born 1983), English actor
  • Rafe Stefanini, Italian musician, singer, teacher and violin maker
  • Rafe Wolfe (born 1985), Jamaican footballer

Fictional characters

  • Rafe, in Christopher Marlowe's play Doctor Faustus
  • Rafe, in Francis Beaumont's 1607 play The Knight of the Burning Pestle
  • Rafe Adler, the main antagonist of the 2016 video game Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
  • Rafe, a minor character in Victoria Aveyard's "Red Queen" series. Like the main protagonist, he is a newblood Electricon who can create and control lightning at will.

Rafe Durville, on New Zealand daytime drama Shortland Street

Nickname

  • Rafé Totengco, nickname for Ramon Felix Totengco, Filipino fashion designer

See also

  • Raja Rafe (born 1983), Syrian footballer
  • Ralph, another form of this name
  • Raef, a variant spelling
  • Rafer, a similar name
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