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    Rafferty

    RAF-er-tee

    Irish
    Boy
    Meaning-based name
    Meaning
    Prosperous; Abundance
    Origin
    Irish
    Is it in the Bible?
    No — the name Rafferty does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Prosperous; Abundance", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Rafferty.
    First appears in
    Does not appear in the King James text
    Peak US usage
    No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
    Spiritual meaning
    Rafferty is biblical prosperity — the abundance that flows from meditating on God's Word day and night.
    Verses on this meaning
    • Joshua 1:8

      "This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous."

    • 3 John 1:2

      "Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth."

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