Raphael
RAF-ee-uhl or rah-fay-EL
A biblical name meaning “God has healed” or “healed by God.”
Meaning
Raphael comes from the Hebrew name רָפָאֵל (Rafa’el), commonly analyzed as raphah + El, meaning “healed of God” or “whom God healed.” The excerpted 19th-century sources also gloss it as “healing of God,” reflecting the same basic idea: divine healing or restoration.
Origin
HebrewLatinFrenchEnglishItalianGermanmasculine
Fun fact
In Christian tradition, Raphael is one of the archangels, and the name has stayed popular across many European languages in forms like Raphael, Rafaello, and Rafaelle.