Rıfat

Rıfat is a Turkish male given name meaning "brave, brave". The name is of Arabic origin and also comes in Turkish in the Arabic form Rifat ( Arabic رفعت) in front. Another transcription of the Arabic name is Rifaat .

Name bearer

Ottoman time

• Halil Rıfat Pasha (1827–1901), Ottoman statesman and Grand Vizier

First name

• Rıfat Bali (* 1948), Turkish-Jewish historian and publisher
• Rifat Chadirji (1926-2020), Iraqi architect
• Rifat Orhan Göksu (1901–1988), senior Turkish lawyer
• Rıfat Ilgaz (1911–1993), Turkish journalist and author
• Uğur Rıfat Karlova (* 1980), Turkish comedian, actor and TV presenter in Taiwan
• Rifat Ozbek (* 1953), British fashion designer
• Rifat Şen (* 1990), Austrian football player of Turkish descent
• Rıfat Yıldız (* 1965), German wrestler of Turkish descent

family name

• Oktay Rifat (1914–1988), Turkish lawyer and writer

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Rıfat on vaybee.de
2. ↑ Rıfat in the name dictionary of the Turkish language (Turkish)
3. ↑ Rifat in the name dictionary of the Turkish language (Turkish)
4. ↑ Rifat on vornames-weltweit.de