Rifat

Rifat is a Turkish male first name meaning " brave, courageous". The name is of Arabic origin and is also used in Turkish also in the Arabic form Rifat (Arabic رفعت ) ago. Another transcription of the Arabic name is Rifaat.

Bearers of the name

Ottoman period

  • Halil Rifat Pasha (1827-1901), Ottoman statesman and Grand Vizier

First name

  • Rifat Bali ( born 1948 ), Turkish- Jewish historian and editor
  • Orhan Rifat Göksu (1901-1988), high- Turkish lawyer
  • Rifat Ilgaz (1911-1993), Turkish journalist and author
  • Ugur Rifat Karlova ( born 1980 ), Turkish comedian, actor and TV host in Taiwan
  • Rifat Şen (* 1990), Austrian footballer of Turkish descent
  • Rifat Yildiz (* 1965), German Ringer Turkish descent

Family name

  • Oktay Rifat (1914-1988), a Turkish lawyer and writer
Transcription (linguistics) Oktay Rıfat Horozcu
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