Raphael name - Meaning of Raphael
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- Gender
- Masculine
- Lucky Number
- 7
- Usage
- German, French, English, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek, Hebrew
- Pronounced
- ra-fa-EL (French) , RAF-ee-el (English) , RAY-fee-əl (English)
- Raphael Meaning
- From the Hebrew name (Rafa'el) which meant "God has healed". In Hebrew tradition Raphael was the name of one of the seven archangels. He appears in the Old Testament in the Book of Tobit, where it is told how he aided Tobias. This name has never been common in the English-speaking world, though it has been well-used elsewhere in Europe. A famous bearer was the 16th-century Renaissance master Raphael Sanzio (usually known simply as Raphael). Raphael is derived from the Hebrew words "rafa", which means "to heal", and "el", which means "God or all powerful".
Raphael Related Names
Variants: Rafael, Raffael (German), Raphaël (French)
Feminine Forms: Raphaela, Raffaela (German), Raphaëlle (French)
Other Languages: Rafa'el (Biblical Hebrew), Rafaël, Raf (Dutch), Rafael (Hungarian), Raffaele, Raffaello (Italian), Rafael (Macedonian), Rafał (Polish), Rafael, Rafinha (Portuguese), Rafael (Slovene), Rafael, Rafa (Spanish)
Raphael Celebrities
Raphael - artist, Raphael Nguti - football player, Raphael Wicky - soccer player, Raphael Sbarge - actor, Raphael Diaz - ice hockey player,
