Raef
It may be from Arabic: رائف, a given name and an indirect Quranic name for boys that means “kind” or “compassionate”. It is pronounced with two syllables and can be transliterated: Raef, Ra'ef, Raif, Rayif, Raaif or Raefe.
Raef is a given name.
It may a variant spelling of Rafe (/reɪf/ RAYF), an English name for a male, of Old Norse origin (meaning "counsel of the wolf" or "wise wolf"), derived from Raðulfr (rað "counsel" + ulfr "wolf") through Old English Rædwulf.
- Raef (singer) (born 1982), Egyptian-American singer, songwriter
- Raef al-Maarri, officer in the Syrian Army
- Raef LaFrentz (born 1979), American professional basketball power forward and center
- Raef Bjayou (born 1980), British entrepreneur and television presenter
- Raif Badawi (born 1982), Saudi Arabian blogger and activist, sometimes transliterated "Raef Badawi"
- Raef al Hasan Rafa (born 1986), Bangladeshi musician
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