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Rauf is a male given name of Arabic origin, which occurs particularly in Azerbaijan , but also in Turkey and in the Arabic and Persian-speaking areas. In Turkey it means "happy, joyful day". Rauf also appears as a family name .
Name bearer
Ottoman time
- Mehmet Rauf (1875–1931), Ottoman author
First name
- Rauf Ceylan (* 1976), German-Kurdish religious scholar and author
- Rauf Denktaş (1924–2012), Turkish Cypriot politician
- Rauf Həbibov (* 1965), Azerbaijani politician
- Rauf Kılıç (* 1964), Turkish soccer player
- Rauf Məmmədov (* 1988), Azerbaijani chess player
- Mohd Rauf Nur Misbah (* 1987), Malaysian cyclist
- Rauf Orbay (1881–1964), Ottoman naval officer and statesman
- Selim Rauf Sarper (1899–1968), Turkish diplomat and politician
family name
- Bülent Rauf (1911–1987), Turkish-British mystic and author
- Feisal Abdul Rauf (born 1948), Egyptian-American imam, author and a personality of interdenominational dialogue
- Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (* 1969), American basketball player