Forename Rafia

Throughout the world, Rafia (Rafia , رفيعة , رفيعه ) is a common primarily girly, but scarcely masculine first name. The given name Rafia is habitual in Pakistan, where it is quite a rare girly name, Sudan, and Tunisia. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in Southern Asia, particularly Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh. Very seldom, Rafia is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Rafia

name Rafia, name رافيا, name رفيعة, name ราเฟีย, name Rafià, name Rafiâ, name Рафья, name Ráfia, name Rafía, name رفيعه, name Рафиа, name רפיעה

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Rafia	Morocco, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nigeria, India
رفيعة	Saudi Arabia, Libya, Iraq, Sudan, Egypt
رفيعه	Iran, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Jordan, Palestinian Territory
رافيا	Iraq

First names said to be same

Rafià, Rafiâ, Rafía, Ráfia, Рафиа, Рафья, רפיעה, and ราเฟีย

Notable namesakes

	rafia latif badminton player, IN (b. 1945)
	rafia el mansouri Moroccan politician, MA (b. 1950)
	rafia aboobakar badminton player, MU (b. 1953)
	rafia ghubash Bahraini academic (b. 1956)
	rafia zakaria American attorney, feminist, journalist and author, US (b. 1977)
	rafia gul researcher
	rafia masud researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-3280-720X)
	rafia tyabji Wife of Humayun Abdulali
	rafia kulchire Ghanaian footballer, GH
	rafia mumtaz researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-0966-3957)
	rafia belhout actress in a film directed by Kim Nguyen (City of Shadows, 2010)
	rafia rehana ghazi Pakistani parasitologist
	rafia afroz researcher
	rafia manzoor ul ameen urdu novelist and short stories writer
	rafia al-lamki researcher ORCID ID = 0000-0003-1734-497X

Forename Rafia

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Rafia

First names said to be same

Notable namesakes

Characteristic surnames