Given name & surname
Rafik
“a beloved friend”
Rafik is a variant of Rafiq. One Arabic interpretation is “a beloved friend.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Rafik is a variant of Rafiq. One Arabic interpretation is “a beloved friend.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Rafik 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 1984. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rafik through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 58
- 58 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 9 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 5 in 2013. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,009 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.
Rafik’s family of names
Rafik has a related form in Rafiq. In German usage, Rafik has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Рафик. In Greek usage, Rafik as a surname is a transliteration of Ραφήκ.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Rafik
- Rafic HaririPrime Minister of Lebanon (1992–1998, 2000–2004)1944–2005
- Rafik HallicheAlgerian association football playerborn 1986
- Rafik DjebbourAlgerian footballerborn 1984
- Rafik SchamiSyrian-German writer and chemist (born 1946)
- Rafik SaïfiAlgerian and French footballerborn 1975
- Rafik BelghaliBelgian association football playerborn 2002
- Rafik ZekhniniNorwegian association football playerborn 1998
- Rafiq NishonovUzbek politician (1926–2023)
- Rafik GuitaneAlgerian footballerborn 1999
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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