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Rafferty

Rafferty proper noun: a surname from Irish.

Proper noun

Rafferty (plural Raffertys)

  1. A surname from Irish.

Rafferty meaning in Tamil

Rafferty in Tamil

கொந்தளிப்பு

Forms of Rafferty

pluralRaffertys
alternative formRaffety

Origin of Rafferty

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Rabhartaigh (“descendants of Rabhartach”), a personal name derived from rabharta (“flood, tide”).

Questions about Rafferty

What does Rafferty mean?
Rafferty means a surname from Irish.
What is Rafferty in Tamil?
Rafferty in Tamil is கொந்தளிப்பு. See Rafferty meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Rafferty?
Rafferty is a proper noun.

Words near Rafferty in the dictionary

  1. raffe
  2. raffed
  3. Raffel
  4. Raffels
  5. Raffensperger
  6. Rafferty
  7. Raffertys
  8. raffes
  9. Raffety
  10. Raffetys
  11. Raffi

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Rafferty (page history and authors); Rafferty (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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