Rafif
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Rafif is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Indonesia than in any other country. Recorded meaning: glittering, shining, gleaming.
- IDIndonesia≈1 in 26K(inferred from the name graph)
- SYSyria≈1 in 6.6K
- DZAlgeria≈1 in 34K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Indonesia (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 102 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 6.6K (inferred from the name graph)
≈10,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Syria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
glittering, shining, gleaming
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of Muslim Names
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Rafif counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); the wgnd-eg-names register; the dz-kaggle-names register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Rafif is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
Shinning,
as a nameDictionary of Islamic Names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 27 sources across 19 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 93 | #8,975 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 81 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2019 | 80 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2018 | 76 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2017 | 61 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2016 | 49 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2015 | 34 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2014 | 21 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2013 | 15 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2012 | 14 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2011 | 10 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2010 | — | — |
Reference works 1
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Rafif mean, and where does it come from?
- glittering, shining, gleaming Recorded by A Dictionary of Muslim Names.
- Is Rafif a male or female name?
- Rafif is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Rafif have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 10 thousand people named Rafif in Indonesia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled rafif.
- How common is the name Rafif?
- In Sweden, the national register counted 93 people named Rafif, about 1 in 110 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Rafif?
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/rafifThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Rafif”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.