Meaning and Origin
What does the name Rafel mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
User Submitted Origins
Cognate to English ravel.
- frayed thread
Borrowed from Middle French rafle (“a type game played with three dice”), from Old French rafle, raffle (“dice game, plundering”), from rafler (“to snatch, seize, carry off”), from Old High German *raffalon, a frequentative of *raffon (modern German raffen). Related to rapen.
- (archaic) type of game played with three dice
- (archaic) a throw of three dice
Cognate with English raffle.
- (archaic) type of game played with three dice
- (archaic) a throw of three dice