Rauf
Rauf or Rawuf (Arabic: رَؤُوف ra’ūf or rawūf) is an Arabic male given name or surname which is a noun and the exaggerated form of the name Raif (or Raef) meaning "kind, affectionate, benign", "sympathetic, merciful" or compassionate.[1]
The name comes from the Arabic verb ra’afa (رَأَفَ) "to have compassion for, have mercy upon, be merciful toward".
However, the name Rauf is an exaggerated form and Raif is an agent noun which is also exaggerated in nature.
The name is also one of the names of Allah, al-Ra'uf or commonly "Ar-Ra'uf/ Rawuf", meaning "the Kind, the Pitying" or "Most Kind, the Ever-Compassionate".
Notable people with the surname include:
- Abdul Rauf (anti-Taliban cleric), citizen of Afghanistan and an anti-Taliban
- Abdul Rauf (Taliban governor), Taliban politician
- Abdur Rauf (cricketer) (born 1978), international cricketer from Pakistan
- Asad Rauf (born 1956), Pakistani former first-class cricketer and a Test cricket umpire
- Atif Rauf (born 1964), former Pakistani cricketer
- Bulent Rauf (1911–1987), Turkish-British mystic, spiritual teacher, translator and author
- Faiza Rauf (1923–1994), Egyptian princess and a member of the Muhammad Ali Dynasty
- Feisal Abdul Rauf (born 1948), American Sufi imam, author, and activist
- Javeria Rauf, female Pakistani cricketer
- John Rauf (fl.1388), English politician
- Onjali Q. Raúf, English author and human rights campaigner
- Rana Abdul Rauf (born 1953), member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab in Pakistan
- Rashid Rauf (1981–2008), alleged Al-Qaeda operative
See also[]
- Rauf Denktaş first president of Northern Cyprus
- MV Karadeniz Powership Rauf Bey, Liberia-flagged Turkish powership
- Shahid Mohammad Rauf, a village in Beygom Qaleh Rural District, in the Central District of Naqadeh County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
- Raouf
References[]
- ^ Patrick Hanks (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. p. 167. ISBN 978-0-19-977169-1.
Categories:
- Surnames
- Arabic-language surnames