Raf
English edit
Etymology edit
Proper noun edit
Raf (plural Rafs)
- A diminutive of the male given name Rafael.
- 1993 January 24, Mike Freeman, “Nets' Coleman: No Ordinary 'Joe'”, in The New York Times[1]:
- The Nets players sometimes jokingly call Derrick Coleman, of all things, Joe Jackson. Joe Jackson? Coleman says it comes courtesy of forward Rafael Addison. […] "It's just something Raf started," Coleman said of the nickname.
Luxembourgish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German roufe. Cognate with German Raufe.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Raf m or f (plural Rafen)