as a First Name
Transferred use of the Irish surname. The Gaelic form of this is Ó Rabhartaigh or Ó Robhartaigh, meaning ‘descendant of Robhartach’. It has come into fairly regular use in Britain and the United States, usually as a boy's name.
| 37,771st in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Dozens
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 49
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- New Jersey
- has the most people named Rafferty per capita
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- marked the height of its popularity
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