Rafe (given 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. It can be of Irish origin (meaning "strong").
Notable people
- Rafe Champion, an Australian writer
- Rafe Custance, a New Zealand actor
- Rafe de Crespigny, an Australian professor and writer
- Rafe Esquith, an American educator
- Rafe Furst, an American entrepreneur
- Rafe Gomez, an American music producer
- Rafe Judkins, an American television writer
- Rafe Mair, a Canadian lawyer and writer
- Rafe Needleman, an American author
- Rafe Spall, an English actor
- Rafe Stefanini, an Italian musician
- Rafe VanHoy, an American songwriter
- Rafe Wolfe, a Jamaican soccer player
Fictional characters
- Rafe, a character in Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus
- Rafe, a character in Francis Beaumont's The Knight of the Burning Pestle
- Rafe McCawley, the lead in the film Pearl Harbor (Ben Affleck)
- Rafe McCawley, a lead in the SyFy series Defiance (Graham Greene)
- Rafe Gruber, on NBC primetime series Chuck
- Rafe Guttman, the lead in film Bordello of Blood (Dennis Miller)
- Rafe Durville, on New Zealand daytime drama Shortland Street
- Rafe Garretson, on ABC daytime drama One Life to Live
- Rafe Hernandez, on NBC daytime drama Days of Our Lives
- Rafe Kovich, on ABC daytime drama Port Charles
- Rafe Rivera, on CBS daytime drama Guiding Light
- Rafe Khatchadorian, the main character in James Patterson's Middle School series
Other
- Rafé Totengco, nickname for Ramon Felix Totengco, Filipino fashion designer
- Raja Rafe, Syrian soccer player