Rafael


Gender:
Origin: Hebrew
2235 famous people named Rafael found on Wikipedia.
78707 male, 569 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 258-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 195-th in year 1985
Used in: German, Hungarian, Macedonian, Portuguese, Slovene, Spanish

Meanings

Raphael is a name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is Healer" or "God has Healed" (רפאל). Depending on the language (first popularly used in France, Spain, Italy, and Portugal) it can be spelled Raphael, Raphaël, Rafael, Raffael, Raffaello, Raffaele, or Refael. The French equivalent is Raphaël.
The name is attested as far back as c. 1350 BCE, appearing in a letter of Pabi, Prince of Lachish, to Akhenaton ("Now have I sent you Rapha-el..").


Form of Raphael: God has healed.

Famous People: 2235 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Rafael Nadal 1986 Spanish tennis player
2 Rafael dos Anjos 1984 Brazilian martial artist
3 Rafael Benítez 1960 Footballer and manager
4 Rafael Correa 1963 President of Ecuador
5 Rafael Márquez 1979 Mexican footballer
6 Rafael van der Vaart 1983 Dutch footballer
7 Rafael Leonidas Trujillo 1891 President of the Dominican Republic
8 Rafael Bienvenido Cruz 1939 Cuban-American minister
9 Rafael Pereira da Silva 1990 Association footballer
10 Rafael Caro Quintero 1952 Former Mexican drug kingpin
11 Rafael Amaya 1977 Mexican actor
12 Rafael Ferrer 1960 Actor from the United States
13 Rafael Barba
14 Rafael Palmeiro 1964 Former Major League Baseball player
15 Rafael Cavalcante 1981 Brazilian martial artist
16 Rafael Pérez 1967 Corrupt Police officer and United States Marine
17 Rafael Ramos de Lima 1986 Brazilian footballer
18 Rafael Natal 1982 Brazilian martial artist
19 Rafael de La Fuente 1986 Venezuelan actor
20 Rafael Aguilar Guajardo 1942 Drug lord
21 Rafael Carvalho 1986
22 Rafael Viñoly 1944 American architect
23 Rafael Tovar y de Teresa 1954 Mexican diplomat
24 Rafael Ilha 1973
25 Rafael Borré 1995 Colombian footballer
26 Rafael Sóbis 1985 Brazilian footballer
27 ase 1858 Orar
28 Rafael Infante 1985 Brazilian actor
29 Rafael Ferro 1965 Argentinian actor
30 Rafael Cabrera-Bello 1984 Professional golfer
31 Rafael Cancel Miranda 1930 Puerto Rican politician
32 Rafael Furcal 1977 Dominican baseball player
33 Rafael Cabral 1990 Footballer
34 Rafael Lima Pereira 1993 Brazilian association football player
35 Rafael Caldera 1916 Venezuelan politician
36 Rafael Rosell 1982 Filipino actor
37 Rafael Loret de Mola 1952 Mexican writer and journalist
38 Rafael Aghayev 1985 Karate competitor
39 Rafael Araújo 1980 Brazilian basketball player
40 AJ Rafael 1989 American musician
41 Rafael Sabatini 1875 Italian writer
42 Rafael Vera Fernández-Huidobro 1945
43 Rafael Zulu 1982 Brazilian actor
44 Rafael Peralta 1979 United States Marine recommended for the Medal of Honor for his actions in Iraq
45 Rafael Mendes 1989 Jiu-Jitsu fighter
46 Rafael Landívar 1731
47 Rafael Soriano 1979 Baseball player
48 Rafael Farina 1923
49 Rafael Moneo 1937 Spanish architect
50 Rafael Lovato Jr. 1983 Jiu-Jitsu fighter
51 Rafael Lechowski 1985 Spanish rapper
52 Rafael Hernández Marín 1891 United States Army soldier
53 Rafael Márquez Lugo 1981 Mexican footballer
54 Rafael Almeida 1989 Brazilian actor
55 Rafael Queiroga 1983 Brazilian actor
56 Rafael Rangel 1877 Venezuelan researcher and parasitologist (1877-1909)
57 Rafael de León 1908 Spanish poet (1908-1982)
58 Rafael Hernández Colón 1936 American politician
59 Rafael Buelna 1891 Mexican military personnel (1891-1924)
60 Rafael Tolói 1990 Brazilian footballer
61 Rafael Henríquez Colombian actor and model
62 Rafael Alberti 1902 Spanish poet
63 Rafael Capote 1987 Cuban handball player
64 Rafael Coelho 1988 Brazilian footballer
65 Rafael Márquez Méndez 1975 Mexican boxer
66 Rafael Carrera 1814 President of Guatemala
67 Rafael Bush 1987 Player of American football
68 Rafael Taibo 1935 Spanish actor
69 Rafael Kubelík 1914 Czech conductor, violinist, composer and director conductor of Czech philharmony
70 Rafael Ramos 1995 Portuguese footballer
71 Rafael Dudamel 1973 Venezuelan footballer
72 Rafael Ramírez Castañeda 1885 Mexican educator
73 Kfjdk 1970 Kdkzn
74 Rafael Conde 1938 Spanish artist
75 Rafael Eitan 1929 Israeli general and politician
76 Rafael Martín Vázquez 1965 Spanish footballer
77 Rafael Carioca 1989 Brazilian footballer
78 Rafael Arutyunyan 1957 Figure skater
79 Rafael Bastos 1985 Brazilian footballer
80 Rafael Guastavino 1842 Spanish architect
81 Sylvia Rafael 1937 Israeli spy
82 Rafael Romo 1990 Venezuelan footballer
83 Rafael Cardoso 1985 Brazilian actor
84 Rafael Sánchez Navarro 1958 Mexican actor
85 Rafael Ramazotti de Quadros 1988 Brazilian footballer
86 Rafael Yglesias 1954 American novelist and screenwriter
87 Rafael María Moscoso 1874 Botanist (1874-1951)
88 Rafael Moreno Aranzadi 1892 Spanish footballer
89 Rafael Rojas 1961 Costa Rican model and actor
90 Rafael Martins 1989 Brazilian footballer
91 Rafael Escobedo 1955
92 Rafael Álvarez 1950 Spanish actor and playwright
93 Rafael Garcia 1988 American soccer player
94 Rafael Méndez Arceo 1906 Mexican musician
95 Rafael Heliodoro Valle 1891 Honduran journalist, writer and historian
96 Nando Rafael 1984 Footballer
97 Rafael Bombelli 1526 Italian mathematician
98 Rafael Septien 1953 Player of American football
99 Rafael Acosta Ángeles 1963
100 Rafael Gareisen 1994 Austrian actor
101 Rafael Ramírez 1963 Venezuelan politician
102 Rafael Banquells 1917 Cuban actor and director
103 Rafael V. Mariano 1956 Filipino politician
104 Rafael Montero 1990 Baseball player
105 Rafael Alencar 1978 Brazilian actor
106 Rafael José Urdaneta Farías 1788 Venezuelan General
107 Rafael Carret 1923 Argentinian actor
108 Rafael Merry del Val 1865 Spanish cardinal and diplomat.
109 Rafael Galhardo 1991 Brazilian footballer
110 Rafael Orozco Loaiza 1954 Colombian singer
111 Rafael Inclán 1941 Mexican actor
112 Rafael García Goyena 1766 Guatemalan poet
113 Rafael Pombo 1834 Colombian writer
114 Rafael Bittencourt 1971 Brazilian guitarist
115 Rafael Palma 1874 Filipino politician and writer
116 Rafael Osuna 1938 Mexican tennis player
117 Rafael Boban 1907 Croatian soldier
118 Rafael Moura 1983 Brazilian footballer
119 Rafael Cavada 1967 Chilean journalist
120 Rafael Scheidt 1976 Brazilian footballer
121 Rafael Baca 1989 Mexican footballer
122 Rafael Maya 1897 Colombian poet, lawyer and literary critic (1897-1980)
123 Rafael Belliard 1961 Baseball player
124 Rafael Betancourt 1975 Venezuelan baseball player
125 Rafael Bardem 1889 Spanish actor
126 Rafael Marques Mariano 1983 Brazilian footballer
127 Rafael da Silva Francisco 1983 Brazilian footballer
128 Rafael Hui 1948 Hong Kong politician
129 Rafael Leonardo Callejas Ramera 1943 Ex Presidente de Honduras
130 Rafael Forster 1990 Brazilian association football player
131 Rafael del Riego 1784 Spanish general and politician
132 NUÑEZ 1825 Colombian author, lawyer, journalist and politician; elected President of Colombia in 1880 and in 1884
133 Rafael Sánchez Mazas 1894 Spanish nationalist writer
134 Rafael Díaz-Balart 1926 Cuban politician
135 Rafael Romero 1964
136 Rafael Yuste 1963 Spanish scientist
137 Rafael Anchia 1968 American politician
138 Rafael Gordillo 1957 Spanish footballer
139 Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos 1933 Spanish conductor
140 Rafael Robb 1950 American game theorist
141 Rafael Hettsheimeir 1986 Brazilian professional basketball player
142 Rafael Gómez Sánchez 1944
143 Rafael Silva 1985 Brazilian martial artist
144 Rafael Calomeni 1972 Brazilian actor
145 Rafael Alkorta 1968 Spanish footballer
146 Rafael Albuquerque 1981 Brazilian comic book creator
147 Rafael Alves dos Santos 1984 Brazilian footballer
148 Rafael Humberto Moreno-Durán 1945 Colombian playwright and writer (1945-2005)
149 Rafael Serrano Quevedo 1966 Spanish financier and entrepreneur
150 Rafael García Torres 1974 Mexican footballer
151 Rafael Cortijo 1928 Puerto Rican musician
152 Rafael Casal 1985 American poet
153 Rafael Muñoz Aldrete 1929 Mexican film actor (1929-2002)
154 Rafael Devers 1996
155 Rafael Gaglianone American gridiron football player
156 Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia 1900 President of Costa Rica from 1940 to 1944
157 Rafael Patxot i Jubert 1872 Spanish writer (1872-1964)
158 Rafael Lozano-Hemmer 1967 Mexican artist
159 Rafael Puente Jr 1979 Mexican actor
160 Rafael Cordero 1790 Puerto Rican educator
161 Rafael Novoa 1971 Colombian actor
162 Rafael Moreno Valle 1968 Mexican politician
163 Rafael José 1955 Puerto Rican singer-actor
164 Rafael Blasco Castany 1945 Spanish politician
165 Rafael López Somoza 1900 Spanish actor (1900-1977)
166 Rafael Burgos 1988 Salvadoran association football player
167 Rafael García Miró 1954
168 Rafael Limón 1954 Mexican boxer
169 Rafael Kayanan 1962 American comic book artist
170 Rafael Páez 1994 Spanish footballer
171 Rafael Puente 1950 Mexican footballer
172 Rafael Verga 1981 Brazilian male fashion and underwear model
173 Rafael de Andrade Bittencourt Pinheiro 1982 Brazilian footballer
174 Rafael del Pino 1920 Spanish businessman
175 Rafael Pérez Gay 1957 Mexican writer
176 Rafael Estrella Ureña 1889 President of Dominican Republic
177 Rafael Anton Irisarri American musician
178 Rafael Zabaleta 1907 Spanish painter
179 Rafael de Nogales Méndez 1879 Venezuelan soldier, adventurer and writer
180 Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro 1846 Portuguese artist
181 Rafael Nadal i Farreras 1954 Spanish writer and journalist
182 Rafael Gimenes da Silva 1993 Brazilian footballer
183 Rafael Santana 1958 Baseball player
184 Rafael F. Muñoz 1899 Mexican journalist and writer
185 Rafael Alvarez 1958 American author
186 Rafael Monasterios 1884 Venezuelan painter
187 Rafael Lopes 1991 Portuguese footballer
188 Rafael Bracalli 1981 Brazilian footballer
189 Rafael Reyes 1849 President of Colombia, 1904-1909
190 Rafael Matesanz 1949
191 Rafael López 1961 Award-winning illustrator and artist
192 Rafael Seligmann 1947 German screenwriter, journalist and television presenter
193 Rafael Ithier 1926 Puerto Rican musician
194 Rafael Martin 1984 American baseball player
195 Rafael M. Salas 1928 Filipino diplomat
196 Rafael Molano Olarte 1923
197 Rafael Marques 1971 Angolan journalist
198 Rafael Ruelas 1971 Mexican boxer
199 Rafael de Medina, 20th Duke of Feria 1978
200 Rafael Israelyan 1908 Armenian architect