Given name & surname
Raffaela
“the divine healer”
In German use, Raffaela has a related form in Raphaela. In Hebrew use, Raphaela carries the interpretation “the divine healer.”
Original ItalianRaffaella
Meaning & origin
What it means
In German use, Raffaela has a related form in Raphaela. In Hebrew use, Raphaela carries the interpretation “the divine healer.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1898. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Raffaela through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 756
- 0 boys · 756 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 34 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 girls is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 34 in 1922. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 616 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.
Raffaela’s family of names
In German usage, Raffaela has a related form in Raphaela. In Italian usage, Raffaela has a conventional equivalent in the German form Raphaela.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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