# Rafferty

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #43,869

## Definitions
1. A surname from Irish.

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

## Common misspellings (11)
`arfferty`, `rafefrty`, `raferty`, `rafferrty`, `raffertty`, `raffertyy`, `rafferyt`, `raffetry`, `raffrety`, `rfaferty`, `rrafferty`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/rafferty