Raphael: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced RAF-ee-el · 3 syllables

Raphael means “God has healed”, from Hebrew.

Latin Raphael. From Koine Greek (Rhaphael), from Hebrew (Rafa el, literally “God cures/has healed”).

How popular is Raphael?

Raphael was the #394 name in the US in 2025, given to 807 babies. It’s rising: up 59% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2020.

Babies named Raphael in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2020).

Half of US adults named Raphael are older than 37; most are between 19 and 73. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Raphael have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Raphael means “God has healed”. It comes from Hebrew.

Raphael is pronounced RAF-ee-el.

Raphael was the #394 name in the US in 2025, given to 807 babies. It’s rising: up 59% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2020.

Half of US adults named Raphael are older than 37. Most are between 19 and 73.