Gender:
Origin:
Hebrew
417 famous people named Raphael found on Wikipedia.
19691 male, 318 female in US.
Most recent ranking:
527-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
465-th in year 1990
Used in: Biblical, English, German
A male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “healing of the Lord.”.
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..").
Masc. proper name, Biblical archangel (Apocrypha), from Late Latin, from Greek Rhaphael, from Hebrew Repha'el, literally "God has healed," from rapha "he healed" + el "God." Raphaelesque (1832) is in reference to painter Raffaello Sanzio (1483-1520). See Pre-Raphaelite.
God has healed.
| Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | June Diane Raphael | 1980 | American stage actor |
| 2 | Raphael Saadiq | 1966 | American singer, songwriter, musician, guitarist, and record producer |
| 3 | Sally Jessy Raphael | 1935 | American journalist |
| 4 | Raphael Sbarge | 1964 | American actor |
| 5 | Raphael Assunção | 1982 | Brazilian martial artist |
| 6 | Raphael Bob-Waksberg | 1984 | American comedian |
| 7 | Raphael Lemkin | 1900 | Polish lawyer of Jewish descent |
| 8 | Raphael Semmes | 1809 | Confederate Army general |
| 9 | Raphael Spiegel | 1992 | Footballer |
| 10 | Raphael Ravenscroft | 1954 | British musician, composer and author |
| 11 | Suicide of Nicola Ann Raphael | 1985 | British suicide |
| 12 | Mickey Raphael | 1951 | American actor |
| 13 | Raphael Augusto | 1991 | Brazilian association footballer |
| 14 | Frederic Raphael | 1931 | British writer |
| 15 | Raphael Mechoulam | 1930 | Chemist |
| 16 | Raphael Holinshed | 1529 | English chronicler |
| 17 | Raphael Maitimo | 1984 | Footballer |
| 18 | Raphael Bousso | 1971 | American physicist |
| 19 | Raphael of Brooklyn | 1860 | American saint |
| 20 | Raphael Diaz | 1986 | Swiss ice hockey player |
| 21 | Raphael Montagner | 1983 | Brazilian actor and model |
| 22 | Raphael Honigstein | 1973 | German journalist |
| 23 | Raphael Cilento | 1893 | Australian medical practitioner and public health administrator |
| 24 | Raphael Martinho | 1988 | Brazilian footballer |
| 25 | Raphael Patai | 1910 | Hungarian academic |
| 26 | Raphael Rossi Branco | 1990 | Footballer |
| 27 | Raphael Tuju | 1959 | Kenyan politician |
| 28 | Raphael Wolf | 1988 | German footballer |
| 29 | Gordon Raphael | American record producer | |
| 30 | Raphael Guzzo | 1995 | Portuguese footballer |
| 31 | Raphael Gualazzi | 1981 | Italian singer |
| 32 | Raphael Hostey | 1982 | British military personnel and activist (1982-2016) |
| 33 | Raphael Holzdeppe | 1989 | German pole vaulter |
| 34 | Raphael Miranda | 1977 | American television journalist |
| 35 | Tobit Raphael | ||
| 36 | Raphael Butler | 1984 | American boxer |
| 37 | Raphael Dwamena | 1995 | Footballer |
| 38 | Raphael Gray | 1982 | British computer criminal |
| 39 | Raphael Rivera | Spanish explorer who "discovered" Las Vegas | |
| 40 | Raphael Soyer | 1899 | American artist |
| 41 | Raphael Samuel | 1934 | British historian |
| 42 | Raphael Wallfisch | 1953 | British cellist |
| 43 | Raphael Schneider | 1970 | German actor |
| 44 | Adam Raphael | 1938 | British journalist |
| 45 | Raphael Schäfer | 1979 | German footballer |
| 46 | Raphael Kalinowski | 1835 | Polish Discalced Carmelite friar and saint |
| 47 | Raphael Rabello | 1962 | Brazilian musician |
| 48 | Raphael Soriano | 1904 | American architect |
| 49 | Tsuriel Rafael | Israeli diplomat | |
| 50 | Raphael Holzhauser | 1993 | Austrian footballer |
| 51 | Raphael Douady | 1959 | French mathematician |
| 52 | Raphael Shore | Canadian-Israeli business owner | |
| 53 | Raphael Botti | 1981 | Brazilian footballer |
| 54 | Raphael Kirchner | 1875 | Art Nouveau and pin-up artist, portraitist |
| 55 | Raphael Lataster | 1984 | |
| 56 | Raphael Gross | 1966 | Swiss historian |
| 57 | Raphael Matos | 1981 | Brazilian open-wheel racing driver |
| 58 | Raphael Montañez Ortiz | American artist | |
| 59 | Bertram Raphael | 1936 | American computer scientist |
| 60 | Raphael Chukwu | 1975 | Nigerian footballer |
| 61 | Raphael Maklouf | 1937 | RDM |
| 62 | Raphael Demos | 1892 | |
| 63 | Raphael Mazzucco | Canadian photographer | |
| 64 | Raphael Finkel | 1951 | American computer scientist |
| 65 | Raphael Morgan | American missionary | |
| 66 | Raphael Pumpelly | 1837 | US geologist and explorer; professor of Mining Science, Harvard University |
| 67 | Raphael Meade | 1962 | Footballer |
| 68 | Nick Raphael | 1971 | Music Industry Executive, Managing director, DJ and Recording artist |
| 69 | Raphael M. Robinson | 1911 | American mathematician |
| 70 | Raphael Armattoe | 1913 | Ghanian politician |
| 71 | Raphael Viana | 1983 | Brazilian actor |
| 72 | Gerrianne Raphael | 1925 | Voice actor |
| 73 | Raphael Clarke | 1985 | Australian rules footballer |
| 74 | Raphael Rezende | 1984 | Brazilian journalist |
| 75 | Raphael Israeli | 1935 | Israeli academic |
| 76 | Raphael Bergoeing | 1965 | |
| 77 | Raphael Rowe | British journalist | |
| 78 | Ray Raphael | 1943 | American historian |
| 79 | Raphael Carl Lee | 1949 | American surgeon |
| 80 | Raphael Gaspardo | 1993 | |
| 81 | Walter Frank Raphael Weldon | 1860 | English evolutionary biologist |
| 82 | Raphael Davis | 1976 | American martial artist |
| 83 | Sarah Raphael | 1960 | English artist |
| 84 | Raphael I Bidawid | 1922 | Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church |
| 85 | Raphael David Levine | 1938 | Israeli chemist |
| 86 | Raphael Bocco | 1989 | Tanzanian association football player |
| 87 | Raphael Evers | 1954 | Rabbi of Rotterdam |
| 88 | Raphael von Hoensbroech | 1977 | German conductor |
| 89 | Lutz Raphael | 1955 | German historian of modern age |
| 90 | Raphael Fellmer | 1983 | |
| 91 | Raphael Levi Hannover | 1685 | German astronomer and mathematician |
| 92 | Raphael | 1948 | American musician |
| 93 | Raphael Sealey | 1927 | British-American classical scholar, ancient historian |
| 94 | Max Raphael | 1889 | German art historian |
| 95 | Raphael Falk | 1856 | Russian chess player |
| 96 | Raphael Grosch | 1978 | Belgian actor |
| 97 | Raphael Carter | American writer | |
| 98 | Raphael H. Cohen | 1953 | Swiss businessman and academic |
| 99 | Jan Raphael | 1980 | German triathlete |
| 100 | Raphael Zon | 1874 | US Forest Service researcher |
| 101 | Raphael Vieira | 1979 | Brazilian volleyball player and beach volleyball player |
| 102 | Dennis Raphael | Canadian academic | |
| 103 | Raphael Cohen-Almagor | British philosopher | |
| 104 | Raphael Ankawa | 1848 | Moroccan rabbi and scholar |
| 105 | Raphael Abramovitch | 1880 | Politician |
| 106 | Joseph Raphael | 1869 | American artist |
| 107 | Günter Raphael | 1903 | German composer |
| 108 | Raphael Michael Fliss | 1930 | Catholic bishop |
| 109 | Raphael Cox | 1986 | American soccer player |
| 110 | Raphael Trotman | 1966 | Guyanese politician |
| 111 | Raphael Sobiehrd-Mnishovsky | 1580 | Czech writer |
| 112 | Raphael Hadane | Israeli high priest | |
| 113 | Raphael Louis Zengel | 1894 | Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross |
| 114 | Raphael Bove | 1979 | Italian footballer |
| 115 | Raphael Stănescu | 1993 | Footballer |
| 116 | Patriarch Raphael I of Constantinople | Patriarch of Constantinople | |
| 117 | Raphael Pyrasch | 1986 | German rugby union player |
| 118 | Raphael Thattil | 1956 | Eastern Catholic bishop |
| 119 | Raphael Cheenath | 1935 | Indian bishop |
| 120 | Raphael von Koeber | 1848 | Japanese philosopher |
| 121 | Raphael Xavier | 1970 | American dancer, rapper and photographer |
| 122 | Raphael Cotoner | 1601 | Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller |
| 123 | Raphael Meir Panigel | 1804 | Rabbi |
| 124 | Patriarch Raphael II of Constantinople | Patriarch of Constantinople | |
| 125 | Raphael Tracey | 1904 | American soccer player |
| 126 | Raphael Sonenshein | 1949 | Nutley, New Jersey |
| 127 | Raphael Friedeberg | 1863 | German politician |
| 128 | Raphael Draccon | 1981 | Brazilian writer |
| 129 | Raphael Tenthani | 1971 | Malawian freelance journalist and columnist |
| 130 | Raphael Cruz | ||
| 131 | Raphael Koczor | 1989 | Polish footballer |
| 132 | Raphael Patkanian | 1830 | Armenian poet |
| 133 | Raphael Macena | 1989 | Brazilian footballer |
| 134 | Raphael Salaman | 1906 | British collector and writer of hand tools |
| 135 | Alexander Raphael | British politician | |
| 136 | Raphael Tuck | 1910 | British politician |
| 137 | Raphael Lapin | Negotiator | |
| 138 | Raphael Meldola | 1754 | English rabbi |
| 139 | Herbert Raphael | 1859 | British politician |
| 140 | Raphael Alves da Silva | 1990 | Brazilian footballer |
| 141 | Raphael Seitz | 1957 | German painter and glass artist |
| 142 | Raphael Georg Kiesewetter | 1773 | Austrian music educator and musician |
| 143 | Raphael Recanati | 1924 | |
| 144 | Raphael Berdugo | 1747 | 1747-1821 Moroccan writer |
| 145 | Raphael Kaplinsky | ||
| 146 | Dirk Raphael | 1953 | |
| 147 | Raphael Smith | 1973 | South African screenwriter |
| 148 | Lenore Raphael | 1942 | American musician |
| 149 | Raphael Tsu | 1925 | American physicist |
| 150 | Raphael Véles | 1982 | Brazilian actor |
| 151 | Antonietta Raphael | 1895 | Italian painter |
| 152 | Raphael Walzer | 1888 | French priest |
| 153 | Raphael Bessa | 1986 | Brazilian association football player |
| 154 | Raphael Hillyer | 1914 | American musician |
| 155 | Raphael de Oliveira | 1979 | Olympic athlete |
| 156 | Raphael Golta | 1975 | Swiss politician |
| 157 | Lennox Raphael | 1939 | Trinidad and Tobago writer |
| 158 | Raphael Coxie | 1540 | Flemish Renaissance painter |
| 159 | Raphael Girard | 1898 | Guatemalan anthropologist (1898-1982) |
| 160 | Charlie Raphael | American soccer player-coach | |
| 161 | Raphael Hayyim Isaac Carregal | 1733 | Ottoman rabbi |
| 162 | Raphael Supusepa | 1978 | Dutch football player |
| 163 | Lev Raphael | 1954 | American author |
| 164 | Raphael Cavalcante Veiga | 1995 | |
| 165 | Raphael M. Bonelli | 1968 | Austrian physician |
| 166 | Raphael Bronstein | 1895 | American musician |
| 167 | Raphael Montes | 1990 | Brazilian writer |
| 168 | Raphael Rom | Computer scientist | |
| 169 | John Raphael | Byzantine general | |
| 170 | Raphael Blau | 1912 | American screenwriter |
| 171 | Raphael Rosenberg | 1962 | Austrian art historian |
| 172 | Raphael Cohen | 1722 | Rabbi |
| 173 | William Raphael | 1833 | Canadian artist |
| 174 | Raphael Sperrer | 1965 | Austrian racing driver |
| 175 | Raphael Luz Pessoa | 1989 | Footballer |
| 176 | Raphael Isaiah Azulai | Italian rabbi | |
| 177 | Raphael Pacher | 1857 | Austrian and Sudeten German politician |
| 178 | Raphael Dias Belloli | 1996 | |
| 179 | Raphael Rubino | 1971 | German actor |
| 180 | Raphael Matthew Chua | 1982 | Olympic swimmer |
| 181 | Raphael Marcus | ||
| 182 | Ralph Raphael | 1921 | British chemist |
| 183 | Raphael Eduard Liesegang | 1869 | German chemist |
| 184 | Hillary Raphael | 1976 | American writer |
| 185 | Raphael Hackl | 1987 | German rugby union player |
| 186 | Raphael Masunga Chegeni | 1964 | Tanzanian politician |
| 187 | Raphael Edereho | 1983 | Footballer |
| 188 | Raphael Zweifel | 1970 | Swiss composer |
| 189 | Raphael J. Moses | 1812 | American businessman, politician |
| 190 | Raphael Reifeltshammer | 1987 | Austrian association football player |
| 191 | Raphael Thorius | Flemish physician | |
| 192 | Raphael Herburger | 1989 | Austrian ice hockey player |
| 193 | Raphael Koch | 1990 | Footballer |
| 194 | Raphael Bostic | ||
| 195 | Raphael Høegh-Krohn | 1938 | Norwegian mathematician |
| 196 | Sam Raphael | 1987 | |
| 197 | Raphael Eristavi | 1824 | Georgian noble and writer |
| 198 | Raphael Kühner | 1802 | German classical philologist and lexicographer |
| 199 | Raphael Rocha | 1996 | |
| 200 | Raphael Badius | Italian historian |