Given name & surname
Rafail
“God heals”
Rafail is used as a given name and a surname.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Rafail is a romanization of Рафаил. Рафаил goes back to Ancient Greek Ραφαήλ, meaning “God heals.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Rafail is a romanization of Рафаил. Рафаил comes from Ancient Greek, and ultimately from Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
Rafail’s family of names
In Macedonian usage, Rafail is a transliteration of Рафаил.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Rafail
- Rafail LevitskyRussian painter (1844-1937)
- Rafael Kaprelyanmerited test pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union (1909-1984)
- Rafail Zinurovborn 1953
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