Given name & surname
Raffael
“one who is healed by God”
Raffael is a variant of Raphael. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who is healed by God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Raffael is a variant of Raphael. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who is healed by God.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Raffael 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 1980. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Raffael through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 120
- 120 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,761 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,761 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 281 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Raffael’s family of names
In German usage, Raffael has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Rafael. Raffael has a related form in Raphael.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Raffael
- RaffaelBrazilian footballerborn 1985
- Raffael KorteGerman footballerborn 1990
- Raffael BehounekAustrian footballerborn 1997
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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