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Raufu

/rah-OO-foo/Swahili · a boy’s name

“Exceptionally gentle, kind, and compassionate”

How to say it
rah-OO-foo
Given to
Boys
Used in
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
How common
uncommon

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

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