Given name
Raffaello
“one who is healed by God”
Raffaello is a variant of Raphael. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who is healed by God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Raffaello is a variant of Raphael. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who is healed by God.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Raffaello 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 2022. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Raffaello through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 10 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 5 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 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Raffaello’s family of names
Raffaello shares a linguistic root with Raphael. In Italian usage, Raffaello has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Rafael. Raffaello has a related form in Raphael.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Raffaello has relatives in 7 languages.
6 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Raffaello
- RaphaelItalian painter and architect (1483–1520)
- Raffaello GiovagnoliItalian writer and politician (1838-1915)
- Raffaello MatarazzoItalian filmmaker (1909–1966)
- Raffaello GambinoItalian water polo player (1928-1989)
- Raffaelo CasertaItalian fencerborn 1972
- Raffaele MaffeiItalian humanist, historian and theologian (1451-1522)
- Raffaello LeonardoItalian rowerborn 1973
- Raffaello da MontelupoItalian artist (1504-1566)
- Raffaello MartinelliItalian bishopborn 1948
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