Rafael

Compare Spanish Rafael, Portuguese Rafael.

Rafael (plural Rafaels)

1. A male given name, variant of Raphael.
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Borrowed from Hebrew רָפָאֵל (Rāfāʾēl).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rə.fəˈɛl]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ra.faˈɛl]
• Rhymes: -ɛl

Rafael m

1. (biblical) Raphael
2. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Raphael

From Hebrew רָפָאֵל (Rāfāʾēl).

Rafael m

1. a male given name

Patronymics

• son of Rafael: Rafaelsson
• daughter of Rafael: Rafaelsdóttir

From Biblical Hebrew רָפָאֵל (Rāfāʾēl).

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑfɑel/, [ˈrɑ̝fɑ̝e̞l]
• Rhymes: -ɑfɑel
• Syllabification^(key): Ra‧fa‧el
• Hyphenation^(key): Ra‧fa‧el

Rafael

1. Raphael (biblical character)
2. a male given name

• Rafael is the 388^th (tied with 1 other name) most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 779 male individuals (and as a middle name to 4,921 more, making it much more common as a middle name), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

Rafael m (proper noun, strong, genitive Rafaels or Rafael)

1. a male given name, a less common variant of Raphael

From Hebrew רָפָאֵל (Rāfāʾēl).

• Hyphenation: Ra‧fa‧el

Rafael m (plural Rafaéis, feminine Rafaela, feminine plural Rafaelas)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Raphael
2. (biblical) Raphael (an archangel)

• IPA^(key): [ˈrafael]

Rafael m pers (female equivalent Rafaelová)

1. a male surname

• “Rafael”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

From Hebrew רָפָאֵל (Rāfāʾēl).

• IPA^(key): /rafaˈel/ [ra.faˈel]
• Rhymes: -el
• Syllabification: Ra‧fa‧el

Rafael m

1. (biblical) Raphael
2. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Raphael

Rafael m or f by sense

1. a surname transferred from the given name

From Hebrew רָפָאֵל (Rāfāʾēl).

Rafael c (genitive Rafaels)

1. Raphael (biblical character)
2. a male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin; sometimes used as a Christianized form of Ragnvald

Borrowed from Spanish Rafael, from Hebrew רָפָאֵל (Rāfāʾēl).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ɾafaˈʔel/ [ɾɐ.fɐˈʔɛl]
  • IPA^(key): (with nativization) /ɾapaˈʔel/ [ɾɐ.pɐˈʔɛl]
• Rhymes: -el
• Syllabification: Ra‧fa‧el

Rafaél (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜉᜁᜎ᜔)

1. a male given name from Spanish