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Raphael (given name)

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Raphael
Raphael the Archangel
Pronunciation/ˈræfeɪəl, ˈræfiəl, ˈreɪfiəl, ræfaɪˈɛl/ RAF-ay-əl, RA(Y)F-ee-əl, raf-eye-EL
GenderMale
Origin
Word/nameHebrew
Meaning"God has healed"
Region of originIsrael
Other names
Related names
  • Raphaël
  • Rafael
  • Raffael
  • Raffaelo
  • Raffaello
  • Raffiel
  • Refoel
  • Raffaele
  • Refael

Raphael is a given name derived from the Hebrew rāp̄ā'ēl (רָפָאֵל) meaning "God has healed". Raphael is one of the archangels according to Abrahamic tradition. The angel Raphael appears in the Book of Tobit, considered deuterocanonical by the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches and apocryphal by Protestants. Popularized in Western Europe, the name can be spelled Raphael, Raphaël, Rafael, Raffael, Raffaello, Raffiel, Refoel, Raffaele, or Refael depending on the language.

The name is attested as far back as c. 1350 BC, appearing in a letter of Pabi, Prince of Lachish in center Israel, to Pharaoh Akhenaton ("Now have I sent you Rapha-el.").[1]

Usage of the name in the Anglosphere has been primarily among Roman Catholics. English Puritans considered it sacrireligious to name a child for an angel. United States census records show that men with the name Rafael or Raphael lived primarily in Spanish-speaking or French -speaking areas. The name has increased in use in the late 20th and early 21st centuries due to cultural influences such as Raphael, a character from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.[2]

Translations

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  • Amharic: ሩፋኤል (Rufael)
  • Arabic: رفائيل‎ (Rāfāʿīl)
  • Armenian: Ռաֆայել (Ṙafayel)
  • Azerbaijani: Rafael
  • Belarusian: Рафаэль (Rafaeĺ)
  • Bengali: রাফায়েল (Rāphāẏēl)
  • Catalan: Rafel
  • Cebuano: Rapáel
  • Chamorro: Rafet
  • Chinese Simplified: 拉斐尔 (Lā fěi ěr)
  • Chinese Traditional: 拉斐爾 (Lā fěi ěr)
  • Coptic: Ⲣⲁⲫⲁⲏⲗ (Rapha’êl)
  • Czech: Rafael
  • Esperanto: Rafaelo
  • Finnish: Rafael
  • French: Raphaël
  • German: Raphael
  • Greek: Ραφαήλ (Rafaī́l)
  • Gujarati: રાફેલ (Rāphēla)
  • Hebrew: רפאל (Rafa'el)
  • Hindi: रफएल (Rapha'ēla)
  • Indonesian: Rafael
  • Italian: Raffaello, Raffaele
  • Japanese: ラファエル (Rafaeru)
  • Kannada: ರಾಫೆಲ್ (Rāphel)
  • Korean: 라파엘 (Lapael)
  • Latin: Raphael, Rafelu[3]
  • Lithuanian: Rapolas
  • Macedonian: Рафаел (Rafael)
  • Maltese: Rafel
  • Montenegrin: Rafailo (Рафаило), Rafail (Рафаил)
  • Malayalam: റപ്പായേൽ (Rāppāēl)
  • Mongolian: Рафаэль (Rafaeli)
  • Nepali: रफाएल (Raphā'ēla)
  • Old Norse: Raife, also nickname ''Raðulfr''
  • Norwegian: Rafael
  • Persian: رافائل (Rāfāel)
  • Polish: Rafał
  • Portuguese: Rafael
  • Punjabi: ਰਾਫਾਈਲ (Rāphā'īla)
  • Romanian: Rafael
  • Russian: Рафаил (Rafail)
  • Serbian: Рафаило (Rafailo)
  • Slovenian: Rafael
  • Spanish: Rafael (Rafa'el)
  • Tagalog: Rafael, also nickname "Paeng"[4][5]
  • Tamil: ரபேல் (Rapēl)
  • Telugu: రాఫెల్ (Rāphel)
  • Thai: ราฟาเอล (Rā fā xel)
  • Ukrainian: Рафаїл (Rafaīl)
  • Urdu: رافائيل‎ (Rāfāʿēl)

Raphael

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  • Raphael (archangel), an archangel in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, after whom all or most other uses are named

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Raphaël

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Raphaël is a French masculine given name.

Rafael

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Arts

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Brazilian footballers

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Saints

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Raphiael

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References

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  1. ^ Robert William Rogers, ed., Cuneiform Parallels to the Old Testament (New York: Eaton & Mains; Cincinnati: Jennings & Graham, 1912), pp. 268-278. Web: http://www.fordham.edu/Halsall/ancient/1350lachish.asp
  2. ^ Evans, Cleveland Kent (6 April 2025). "For art lovers, Raphael having its own renaissance". omaha.com. Omaha World Herald. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  3. ^ Kramer, Johannes. “A Linguistic Commentary on Heidelberg's Latin Papyrus Amulet.” Zeitschrift Für Papyrologie Und Epigraphik, vol. 74, 1988, pp. 267–72. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/20186927. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
  4. ^ "Senator Joker? Pinoy names tickle foreigners". GMA News Online. 30 March 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Filipino Boy Baby Names". babynames.allparenting.com. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
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