Given name & surname
Rafeeq
“a beloved friend”
Rafeeq is a variant of Rafiq. One Arabic interpretation is “a beloved friend.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Rafeeq is a variant of Rafiq. One Arabic interpretation is “a beloved friend.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Rafeeq is a variant of Rafiq. An origin associated with Rafiq is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1980. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rafeeq through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 39
- 39 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 2000. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 137 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Rafeeq
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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