Given name & surname
Rafel
“one who is healed by God”
Rafel is a form of Raphael. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who is healed by God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Rafel is a form of Raphael. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who is healed by God.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Rafel is a form 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 1922. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rafel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 125
- 125 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1970
- 10 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 5 in 2013. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 1970. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 861 as a first name in 2020; a sample rank of No. 79,418 among surnames in 1990.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Rafel’s family of names
Rafel shares a linguistic root with Raphael. In Greek usage, Rafel as a surname is a transliteration of Ράφελ. Rafel has a related form in Raphael.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Rafel
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Rafel, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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