50%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Arabic [1] Scripts رفعت, رفعة(Arabic) Meaning & History Derived from Arabic رفعة (rifʿa) meaning "high rank, elevation" [2]. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details Other Languages & CulturesRıfat(Turkish) Same SpellingRıfat Categories greatness, isograms Sources & References Ahmed, Salahuddin. A Dictionary of Muslim Names. New York University, 1999, page 173. Wehr, Hans. A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic. Spoken Language Services, 1979, page 405.