Given name & surname
Rafal
“one who is healed by God”
Rafal is a variant of Raphael. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who is healed by God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Rafal is a variant of Raphael. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who is healed by God.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Rafal is a variant of Raphael. An origin associated with Raphael is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1977. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rafal through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 194
- 194 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1997
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2009. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 16 in 1997. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,298 as a first name in 2020; 167 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Rafal’s family of names
Rafal shares a linguistic root with Raphael. In Belarusian usage, Rafal is a transliteration of Рафал. Rafal has a related form in Raphael.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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