Raphael (given name)

Raphael is a male given name from the Hebrew language. In Hebrew, it translates to "God has healed." There are other types of the same name, like Raphaël, Rafael, Raffael, Raffaello, Raffiel, Refoel, Raffaele, or Refael depending on the language. It is a common Roman Catholic name.

 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 footballer
 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 golfer
 Raphaël Lakafia(born 1988), French rugby union footballer
 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 footballer
 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 footballer
 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 footballer
 Raphaël Wicky (born 1977), Swiss footballer

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