# Raphael (given name)

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. Popularized in Western Europe, it 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.").

## Translations

* 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
* 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"
* Tamil: ரபேல் (Rapēl)
* Telugu: రాఫెల్ (Rāphel)
* Thai: ราฟาเอล (Rā fā xel)
* Ukrainian: Рафаїл (Rafaīl)
* Urdu: رافائيل‎ (Rāfāʿēl)

## Raphael

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

### Mononym

* Raphael, or Raffaello Sanzio (1483–1520), Italian master painter and architect in the High Renaissance
* Raphael (singer) (born 1943), Spanish singer
* Raphael (musician) (born 1948), American musician
* Raphael of Brooklyn (1860–1915), a saint in the Christian Orthodox tradition
* Raphael of Lesbos (died 1463), Eastern Orthodox saint, see Saints Raphael, Nicholas and Irene of Lesbos
* Patriarch Raphael I of Constantinople, Patriarch from 1475 to 1476
* Patriarch Raphael II of Constantinople, Patriarch from 1603 to 1607
* pseudonym of Robert Cross Smith (1795–1832)

### Birth

* Raphael Abramovitch (1880–1963), Russian bundist and communist politician
* Raphael Almeida-Knüttgen (born 1991), Brazilian footballer
* Raphael Sylvanus Amegashie (1927–2013), Ghanaian entrepreneur, accountant, and politician
* Raphael Benjamin (1846–1906), British-born Australian and American rabbi
* Rafael Bermúdez (born 1978), Uruguayan footballer
* Raphael I Bidawid (1922–2003), Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church in 1989–2003
* Raphael Bob-Waksberg (born 1984), American comedian, writer and creator of BoJack Horseman
* Raphael Botti (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
* Raphael Hayyim Isaac Carregal (1733–1777), itinerant Palestinian rabbi and preacher
* Raphael Chukwu (born 1975), Nigerian football (soccer) player
* Raphael Davis (born 1976), American mixed martial artist
* Raphael Dwamena (born 1995), Ghanaian footballer
* Raphael Girard (1898-1982), Anthropologist and writer
* Raphael Gray (born 1981), British computer hacker
* Raphael Gualazzi (born 1981), Italian singer and pianist
* Raphael Holinshed (1529–1580), English chronicler
* Raphael Holzdeppe (born 1989), German pole vaulter
* Raphael Kalinowski (1835–1907), Polish saint in the Discalced Carmelite Order
* Raphael Koster (born 1971), American game designer
* Raphael Lasker (1838–1904), German-American rabbi
* Raphael Lemkin, Holocaust survivor
* Raphael Martelli (1811–1880), first Catholic priest in Toodyay, Western Australia
* Raphael Matos (born 1981), Brazilian racing driver
* Rafael "Rafi" Menco (born 1994), Israeli basketball player for Hapoel Holon in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
* Raphael Ohin (born 1995), Ghanaian footballer
* Raphael M. Quaye (born 1975), Liberian basketball player
* Raphael Saadiq (born 1966), American singer, songwriter, musician, guitarist, and record producer
* Raphael Schäfer (born 1979), German footballer
* Raphael Semmes (1809–1877), officer in the United States Navy from 1826 to 1860 and the Confederate States Navy from 1860 to 1865
* Raphael Warnock (born 1969), American pastor and U.S. Senator from Georgia

### Fictional characters

* Raphael, one of the four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
* Raphael Kirsten, a fictional character in the video game Fire Emblem: Three Houses
* Raphael Sorel, a fictional character in Soulcalibur series of video games

## Raphaël

Raphaël is a French masculine given name.
* Raphaël Alibert (1887–1963), French politician
* Raphaël Astier (born 1976), French modern pentathlete
* Raphaël Bretton (1920–2011), French set decorator
* Raphaël Chaume, French rugby union player
* Raphaël Domjan, Swiss explorer
* Raphaël Enthoven, French philosopher
* Raphaël Garcia (born 1999), Canadian soccer player
* Raphaël Géminiani (1925–2024), French road bicycle racer
* Raphaël Haroche (born 1975), French singer, known by the mononym Raphaël
* Rafael Pérez Hernández (1905–1972), Mexican criminal
* Raphaël Ibañez (born 1973), French rugby union footballer
* Raphaël Jacquelin (born 1974), French professional golfer
* Raphaël Lakafia(born 1988), French rugby union player
* Raphaël Lévy, trading card game player
* Raphaël Martinetti, Swiss businessman and President of the International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles
* Raphaël Nadé (born 1980), Ivory Coast / French football (soccer) player
* Raphaël Nadjari (born 1971), French-Israeli writer and film and television director
* Raphaël Piolanti (born 1967), French hammer thrower
* Raphaël Poirée (born 1974), French biathlete
* Raphaël Poulain (born 1980), French rugby union player
* Raphaël Pujazon (1918–2000), French athlete and Olympian
* Raphaël Rouquier (born 1969), French mathematician
* Raphaël Salem (1898–1963), Greek-Sephardic mathematician
* Raphaël Schellenberger (born 1990), French politician
* Raphaël Varane (born 1993), French football (soccer) player
* Raphaël Wicky (born 1977), Swiss football (soccer) player

## Rafael

* Rafael Caro Quintero, Mexican drug lord
* Rafael Correa, president of Ecuador
* Rafael Edward Cruz, given name of U.S. politician Ted Cruz
* Rafael Eitan, Israeli general, former Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, and politician
* Rafael Trujillo, former Dominican president

### Arts

* Rafael Castillo, Mexican-American editor, author, academician
* Rafael Arevalo, Mexican-American Composer
* Rafael Bittencourt, Brazilian power metal composer and songwriter
* Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (1933–2014), Spanish conductor and composer
* Rafael Kayanan, Filipino - American artist
* Raffaello da Urbino (1483–1520), known as Raphael, Italian painter
* Rafael Spósito Balzarini (1952–2009), Uruguayan anarchist, sociologist, and journalist

### Television

* Rafael Araneda, Chilean television personality
* Rafael L. Silva, Brazilian-American actor

### Sports

* Rafael Alarçón, Brazilian squash player
* Rafael Alkorta, Spanish former footballer
* Rafael Álvarez (baseball) (born 1977), Venezuelan baseball player
* Rafael Álvarez (diver) (born 1971), Spanish diver
* Rafael Alves (fighter), Brazilian mixed martial artist
* Rafael Andriato, Brazilian road cyclist
* Rafael dos Anjos, Brazilian mixed martial artist
* Rafael Araujo-Lopes, American gridiron football player
* Rafael Arevalo, Salvadoran tennis player
* Rafael Baca, Mexican footballer
* Rafael Barbosa (footballer, born 1996), Portuguese footballer
* Rafael Benítez, Spanish football manager
* Rafael Bianchi, Uruguayan footballer
* Rafael Câmara, Brazilian racing driver
* Rafael Carbonell, Cuban flyweight boxer
* Rafael Carvalho, Brazilian mixed martial artist
* Rafael Cavalcante, Brazilian mixed martial artist
* Rafael Cerro (born 1997), Colombian weightlifter
* Rafael Cerro (born 1993), Spanish bullfighter
* Rafael Cordeiro, Brazilian mixed martial artist and coach
* Rafael Daniel, Brazilian racing driver
* Rafael Devers, Dominican baseball player
* Rafaël Dias, Portuguese footballer
* Rafael Dolis, Dominican baseball player
* Rafael Dudamel, Venezuelan football manager and former player who played as a goalkeeper
* Rafael Duk, Mexican gridiron football player and coach
* Rafael Farfán, Peruvian footballer
* Rafael Figarola, Cuban baseball player
* Rafael Figueroa, Mexican footballer
* Rafael Fiziev, Azerbaijani mixed martial artist
* Rafael Floro, Portuguese footballer
* Rafael Furcal, Dominican baseball player
* Rafael Gordillo, Spanish footballer
* Rafael Guarderas, Peruvian footballer
* Rafael Guerrero, Mexican footballer
* Rafael Guzmán, Mexican boxer
* Rafael Haller, Uruguayan footballer
* Rafael Hechanova, Filipino basketball player
* Rafael Herrera, Mexican boxer
* Rafael Iglesias (boxer), Argentine boxer
* Rafael Kazior, German footballer
* Rafael Leão, Portuguese footballer
* Rafael Lopes, Portuguese footballer
* Rafael López (handballer), Spanish handballer
* Rafael Lovera, Paraguayan boxer
* Rafael Márquez, Mexican footballer
* Rafael Medina, Mexican footballer
* Rafael Mea Vitali, Venezuelan football defender
* Rafael Montalvo, Puerto Rican baseball player
* Rafael Montero (baseball), Dominican baseball player
* Rafael Montero (cyclist), Chilean cylist
* Rafael Monti, Argentine footballer
* Rafael Montiel, Colombian road cyclist
* Rafael Nadal, Spanish tennis player
* Rafael Natal, Brazilian mixed martial artists
* Rafael Nepomuceno, Filipino bowler
* Rafael Oramas, Spanish footballer
* Rafael Ortega (baseball), Venezuelan baseball player
* Rafael Palmeiro, Major League Baseball player
* Rafael Pascual, Spanish volleyball player
* Rafael Pérez (baseball), Dominican baseball player
* Rafael Ramos, Puerto Rican boxer
* Rafael Ramos, Portuguese footballer
* Rafael Rebello, Brazilian mixed martial artist
* Rafael Robayo, Colombian footballer
* Rafael Romero, Venezuelan track and field athlete
* Rafael Ruelas, Mexican boxer
* Rafael Santana, Dominican baseball player
* Rafael Santos Borré, Colombian footballer
* Rafael Silva (cyclist), Portuguese cyclist
* Rafael Silva (fighter), Brazilian mixed martial artist
* Rafael Silva (judoka), Brazilian judoka
* Rafael Soriano, Dominican baseball player
* Rafael Sperafico, Brazilian racing driver
* Rafael Struick, Indonesian footballer
* Rafael Suzuki, Brazilian racing driver
* Rafael Uiterloo, Dutch footballer
* Rafael Urazbakhtin, Kazakhstani footballer
* Rafael Usín Guisado, Spanish futsal player
* Rafael van der Vaart, Dutch footballer
* Rafael Veloso, Portuguese footballer
* Rafael Villagómez, Mexican racing driver
* Rafael Wellington, Spanish footballer
* Rafael Ynoa, Dominican baseball player
* Rafael Zuñiga, Colombian boxer
* Rafael Zuviría, Argentine footballer

#### Brazilian footballers

* Rafael (footballer, born 1990), a Brazilian football player who played for Lyon
* Rafael Cabral Barbosa (1990), currently playing for Napoli
* Rafael Godoi Pereira (1985), currently playing for FK Laktaši
* Rafael Pires Vieira (1978), currently playing for Mikkelin Kissat
* Rafael Pereira da Silva (footballer born 1980), retired former footballer
* Rafael Pereira da Silva (footballer born 1990), currently playing for Lyon
* Rafael Schmitz (1980), currently playing for Valenciennes
* Rafael Silva Nascimento (1984), currently playing for Vasco
* Rafael Sóbis (1985), currently playing for Internacional
* Rafael Vágner Dias Silva (1983), currently playing for Náutico

### Saints

* Rafael Arnáiz Barón, Spanish saint
* Rafael Guizar Valencia, Mexican saint

### Fictional characters

* Rafael Barba, (Raúl Esparza) appearing on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
* Rafael Cuevas, the main protagonist appeared in Benjamin Pascual's novel Lalaki sa Dilim (lit. A Man In The Dark)
* Rafael Solano, (Justin Baldoni), a principal character on Jane the Virgin
* Rafael, a toucan character in the animated film Rio, played by George Lopez
* Dr. Rafael Salazar, the late Argentinian father of the titular character of the 2010-2013 Cartoon Network show Generator Rex.

## Raphiael

* Raphiael Putney (born 1990), American basketball player for Maccabi Haifa of the Israeli National League