Baby name
STABLE BOY · HEBREW
🇦🇷 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 +17 Raphael
/RAF · eye · el/
Meaning
“God heals”
From Hebrew 'Rafa'el' meaning God heals, borne by the Archangel Raphael in Judeo-Christian tradition.
Nicknames
rapha · rafa · ralph
How it ages.
Raphael has experienced modest revival in English-speaking and European regions over the past decade.
The cultural moment.
France and Italy show consistent moderate usage, North America shows Raphael in gradual growth since 2010 among religiously-minded parents.