Riffat feminine given name and surname of Arabic origin. It means high, high rank, or superiority. Notable people with the name include:
Given name Riffat Abbasi, Pakistani politician Riffat Arif, birth name of Sister Zeph (born 1983/84), Pakistani activist Riffat Aziz, Pakistani politician Riffat Hassan (born 1943), Pakistani-American theologian and a leading Islamic feminist scholar of the Qur'an Riffat Akbar Swati (born 1946), Pakistani politician
Surname Rashida Riffat, Pakistani politician Saffa Riffat (born 1954), British scientist, president of the World Society of Sustainable Energy Technology