O'Rafferty Coat of Arms and Surname Origin

O'Rafferty is a spelling of the Irish surname Rafferty. Its meaning, shared with Rafferty, is “Descendant of Rabhartach ("flood tide")”. O'Rafferty simply joins the particle O' to Rafferty, a habit common in Irish naming. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.

Other spellings include Raverty and Roarty.

Arms linked to Rafferty and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Research your O'Rafferty family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.