Raphael (given name)
Raphael is a name of Hebrew origin, from rāp̄ā and ēl. Depending on the language it can be spelled Raphael, Raphaël, Rafael, Raffael, Raffaello, Raffiel, Refoel, Raffaele, or Refael.
The name is attested as far back as c. 1350 BCE, appearing in a letter of Pabi, Prince of Lachish, to Akhenaton.
Translations
- Arabic: رافائيل
- Armenian: Ռաֆայել
- Azerbaijani: Rafael
- Belarusian: Рафаэль
- Bengali: রাফায়েল
- Catalan: Rafel
- Cebuano: Rafael
- Chamorro: Rafet
- Chinese Simplified: 拉斐尔
- Chinese Traditional: 拉斐爾
- Czech: Rafael
- Esperanto: Rafaelo
- Finnish: Rafael
- French: Raphaël
- German: Raphael
- Greek: Ραφαήλ
- Gujarati: રાફેલ
- Hebrew: רפאל
- Hindi: रफएल
- Italian: Raffaello, Raffaele
- Japanese: ラファエル
- Kannada: ರಾಫೆಲ್
- Korean: 라파엘
- Latin: Raphael
- Lithuanian: Rapolas
- Macedonian: Рафаел
- Maltese: Rafel
- Montenegrin: Rafailo, Rafail
- Malayalam: റാഫേൽ
- Mongolian: Рафаэль
- Nepali: रफाएल
- Norwegian: Rafael
- Persian: رافائل
- Polish: Rafał
- Portuguese: Rafael
- Punjabi: ਰਾਫਾਈਲ
- Romanian: Rafael
- Russian: Рафаэль
- Serbian: Рафаило
- Slovenian: Rafael
- Spanish: Rafael
- Tagalog: Rafael, also nickname Paeng
- Tamil: ரபேல்
- Telugu: రాఫెల్
- Thai: ราฟาเอล
- Ukrainian: Рафаїл
- Urdu: رافیل
Raphael
- Raphael, an archangel in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, after whom all or most other uses are named
- Raphael, or Raffaello Sanzio, Italian master painter and architect in the High Renaissance
- Rafael, a Brazilian football player who plays for Lyon
- Raphael , Spanish singer
- Raphael , American musician
- Raphael of Brooklyn, a saint in the Christian Orthodox tradition
- 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
- Raphael I Bidawid, Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church in 1989–2003
- Raphael Bob-Waksberg American comedian, writer and creator of BoJack Horseman
- Raphael Botti, Brazilian footballer
- Raphael Chukwu, Nigerian football player
- Raphael Hayyim Isaac Carregal, itinerant Palestinian rabbi and preacher
- Raphael Davis, American mixed martial artist
- Raphael Gray, British computer hacker
- Raphael Gualazzi, Italian singer and pianist
- Raphael Holinshed, English chronicler
- Raphael Holzdeppe, German pole vaulter
- Raphael Kalinowski, Polish saint in the Discalced Carmelite Order
- Raphael Koster, American game designer
- Raphael Lemkin, Holocaust survivor
- Raphael Martelli, the first Catholic priest in Toodyay, Western Australia
- Raphael Matos, Brazilian racing driver
- Raphael Ohin, Ghanaian footballer
- Raphael M. Quaye, Liberian basketball player
- Raphael Saadiq, American singer, songwriter, musician, guitarist, and record producer
- Raphael Schäfer, German footballer
- Raphael Semmes, officer in the United States Navy from 1826 to 1860 and the Confederate States Navy from 1860 to 1865
- Raphael, one of the four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Raphael Kirsten, a fictional character in the video game
Raphaël
- Raphaël Alibert, French politician
- Raphaël Astier, French modern pentathlete
- Raphaël Bohren, Swiss figure skater
- Raphaël Bretton, French set decorator
- Raphaël Chaume, French rugby union player
- Raphaël Enthoven, French philosopher
- Raphaël Garcia, Canadian soccer player
- Raphaël Géminiani, French road bicycle racer
- Raphaël Haroche, French singer, known by the mononym Raphaël
- Raphaël Ibañez, French rugby union footballer
- Raphaël Jacquelin, French professional golfer
- Raphaël Lakafia, French rugby union player
- Raphaël Lévy, trading card game
- Raphaël Martinetti, Swiss businessman and President of the International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles
- Raphaël Nadé, Ivory Coast / French football player
- Raphaël Nadjari, French-Israeli writer and film and television director
- Raphaël Piolanti, French hammer thrower
- Raphaël Poirée, French biathlete
- Raphaël Poulain, French rugby union player
- Raphaël Pujazon, French athlete and Olympian
- Raphaël Rouquier, French mathematician
- Raphaël Salem, Greek-Sephardic mathematician
- Raphaël Varane, French football player
- Raphaël Wicky, Swiss football player
Rafael
- Rafael Arnáiz Barón, Spanish saint
- 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 Guizar Valencia, Mexican saint
- Rafael Trujillo, former Dominican president
- Rafael Castillo, Mexican-American editor, author, academician
- Rafael Arevalo, Mexican-American Composer
- Rafael Bittencourt, Brazilian power metal composer and song writer
- Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Spanish conductor and composer
- Raffaello da Urbino, known as Raphael, Italian painter
- Rafael Alarçón, Brazilian squash player
- Rafael Alkorta, Spanish former footballer
- Rafael Álvarez , Venezuelan baseball player
- Rafael Álvarez , Spanish diver
- Rafael Arevalo, Salvadoran tennis player
- Rafael Benítez, Spanish football manager
- Rafael Carbonell, Cuban flyweight boxer
- Rafael Márquez, Mexican footballer
- Rafael Medina, Mexican footballer
- Rafael Mea Vitali, Venezuelan football defender
- Rafael Montiel, Colombian road cyclist
- Rafał Moks, Polish mixed martial arts fighter
- Rafael Nadal, Spanish tennis player
- Rafael Nepomuceno, Filipino bowler
- Rafael Palmeiro, Major League Baseball player
- Rafael Pascual, Spanish volleyball player
- Rafael Ramos, Puerto Rican boxer
- Rafael Romero, Venezuelan track and field athlete
- Rafael van der Vaart, Dutch footballer
- Rafael Zuñiga, Colombian boxer
- Rafael Araújo Silva, currently playing for Corinthians
- Rafael Cabral Barbosa, currently playing for Napoli
- Rafael Godoi Pereira, currently playing for FK Laktaši
- Rafael Pires Vieira, currently playing for Mikkelin Kissat
- Rafael Pereira da Silva, retired former footballer
- Rafael Pereira da Silva, currently playing for Lyon
- Rafael Schmitz, currently playing for Valenciennes
- Rafael Silva Nascimento, currently playing for Vasco
- Rafael Sóbis, currently playing for Internacional
- Rafael Vágner Dias Silva, currently playing for Náutico
- Rafael Barba, appearing on
- Rafael Cuevas, the main protagonist appeared in Benjamin Pascual's novel Lalaki sa Dilim
- Rafael Solano,, a principle character on Jane the Virgin
- Rafael, a toucan character in the animated film Rio, played by George Lopez