Raphael (given name)
Raphael is a name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is Healer" or "God has Healed" (רפאל). Depending on the language (first popularly used in France, Spain, Italy, and Portugal) it can be spelled either Raphael, Raphaël, Rafael, Raffael, Raffaele, or Refael, the last of which is closest to how the name is pronounced in Hebrew. The French equivalent is Raphaël.
The name is attested as far back as c. 1350 BCE, appearing in a letter of Pabi, Prince of Lachish, to Akhenaton ("Now have I sent you Rapha-el..").[1]
Translations
- Arabic: رافائيل (appears also as Roufayel روفايل specially in the Lebanese dialect)
- Armenian: Ռաֆայել
- Azerbaijani: Rafael
- Belarusian: Рафаэль (Rafaeĺ)
- Bengali: রাফায়েল ( Rāphāẏēla)
- Cebuano: Rafael
- Chinese Simplified: 拉斐尔 (Lā fěi ěr)
- Chinese Traditional: 拉斐爾 (Lā fěi ěr)
- Czech: Rafael
- Esperanto: Rafaelo
- Finnish: Rafael
- French: Raphaël
- German: Raffael
- Greek: Ραφαήλ ( Rafaí̱l)
- Gujarati: રાફેલ ( Rāphēla)
- Hebrew: רפאל
- Hindi: रफएल ( Rapha'ēla)
- Italian: Raffaello, Raffaele
- Japanese: ラファエル ( Rafaeru)
- Kannada: ರಾಫೆಲ್ ( Rāphel)
- Korean: 라파엘 (Lapael)
- Latin: Raphael
- Lithuanian: Rafaelis
- Macedonian: Рафаел (Rafael)
- Mongolian: Рафаэль (Rafaeli)
- Nepali: रफाएल ( Raphā'ēla)
- Norwegian: Rafael
- Persian: رافائل
- Polish: Rafał
- Portuguese: Rafael
- Punjabi: ਰਾਫਾਈਲ ( Rāphā'īla)
- Russian: Рафаэль (Rafael')
- Serbian: Рафаел (Rafael)
- Slovenian: Rafael
- Spanish: Rafael
- Tamil: ரபேல் ( Rapēl)
- Telugu: రాఫెల్ ( Rāphel)
- Thai: ราฟาเอล (Rā fā xel)
- Ukrainian: Рафаель (Rafaelʹ)
- Urdu: رافیل
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
- 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)
- Given name
- Raphael I Bidawid (1922–2003), Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church in 1989–2003
- Raphael Botti (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
- Raphael Chukwu (born 1975), Nigerian football (soccer) player
- Raphael Hayyim Isaac Carregal (1733—1777), itinerant Palestinian rabbi and preacher
- Raphael Davis (born 1976), American mixed martial artist
- 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 Lemkin, Holocaust survivor
- Raphael Matos (born 1981), Brazilian racing driver
- 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
Raphaël
Raphaël is a French masculine given name.
- Raphaël Alibert (1887–1963), French politician
- Raphaël Astier (born 1976), French modern pentathlete
- Raphaël Bohren (born 1984), Swiss figure skater
- Raphaël Bretton (1920–2011), French set decorator
- Raphaël Chaume, French rugby union player
- Raphaël Géminiani (born 1925), French road bicycle racer
- Raphaël Haroche (born 1975), French singer
- 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
- 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 born 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 Varane (born 1993), French football (soccer) player
- Raphaël Wicky (born 1977), Swiss football (soccer) player
Rafael
- Rafael Eitan, Israeli general, former Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, and politician
- Rafael Trujillo, former Dominican president (dictator)
- Rafael Correa, president of Ecuador
- Rafael Guizar Valencia, Mexican saint
- Rafael Núñez (hacker), also known as RaFa, a hacker/cracker and model from Venezuela
- Rafael Edward Cruz, given name of U.S. politician Ted Cruz
- Arts
- Rafael Castillo, Mexican-American editor, author, academician
- Rafael Arevalo, Mexican-American Composer
- Rafael Bittencourt, Brazilian power metal composer and song writer
- Raffaello da Urbino (1483–1520), known as Raphael, Italian painter
- Rafael Pereira-Edwards, British photographer and filmmaker
- Sports
- Rafael Alarçón, Brazilian squash player
- Rafael Alkorta, Spanish former footballer
- 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, Basketball Player in Santa Paula, California
- 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
- Brazilian footballers
- Rafael Araújo Silva (1988), currently playing for Corinthians
- Rafael Cabral Barbosa (1990), currently playing for Napoli
- Rafael Godoi Pereira (1985), currently playing for FK Laktaši
- Rafael Pires Vieira (1978), currently playing for FC Lahti
- Rafael Pereira da Silva (footballer born 1980), currently playing for Fluminense
- Rafael Pereira da Silva (footballer born 1990), currently playing for Manchester United
- Rafael Schmitz (1980), currently playing for Valenciennes
- Rafael Silva Nascimento (1984), currently playing for Vasco
- Rafael Sóbis (1985), currently playing for Fluminense
- Rafael Vágner Dias Silva (1983), currently playing for Náutico
- Fictional characters
- Rafael Barba, (Raúl Esparza) appearing on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Raphael, one of the four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Rafael, a toucan character in the animated film Rio (2011 film), played by George Lopez
See also
- Raphael (surname)
- Raphael (disambiguation)
- Rafael (disambiguation)
- Saint Raphael (disambiguation)
- ↑ Robert William Rogers, ed., Cuneiform Parallels to the Old Testament (New York: Eaton & Mains, & Cincinnati: Jennings & Graham, 1912), pp. 268-278. Web: http://www.fordham.edu/Halsall/ancient/1350lachish.asp