Raphael (given name)

Raphael is a name of Hebrew origin, from rāp̄ā (רָפָא "he has healed") and ēl (אֵל "God"). Depending on the language (first popularly used in France, Germany, Spain, Italy, and Portugal) it can be spelled Raphael, Raphaël, Rafael, Raffael, Raffaello, Raffiel, Refoel, Raffaele, or Refael.

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]

TranslationsEdit

Arabic: رافائيل (Rāfā'īl; appears also as Roufayel روفايل)
Armenian: Ռաֆայել (Ṙafayel)
Azerbaijani: Rafael
Belarusian: Рафаэль (Rafaeĺ)
Bengali: রাফায়েল (Rāphāẏēla)
Catalan: Rafel
Cebuano: Rafael
Chamorro: Rafet
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: Raphael
Greek: Ραφαήλ (Rafaī́l)
Gujarati: રાફેલ (Rāphēla)
Hebrew: רפאל (Rafa'el)
Hindi: रफएल (Rapha'ēla)
Italian: Raffaello, Raffaele
Japanese: ラファエル (Rafaeru)
Kannada: ರಾಫೆಲ್ (Rāphel)
Korean: 라파엘 (Lapael)
Latin: Raphael
Lithuanian: Rapolas
Macedonian: Рафаел (Rafael)
Maltese: Rafel
Montenegrin: Rafailo (Рафаило), Rafail (Рафаил)
Malayalam: റാഫേൽ (Rāfēl)
Mongolian: Рафаэль (Rafaeli)
Nepali: रफाएल (Raphā'ēla)
Norwegian: Rafael
Persian: رافائل (Rāfāīl)
Polish: Rafał
Portuguese: Rafael
Punjabi: ਰਾਫਾਈਲ (Rāphā'īla)
Romanian: Rafael
Russian: Рафаэль (Rafael')
Serbian: Рафаило (Rafailo)
Slovenian: Rafael
Spanish: Rafael
Tagalog: Rafael, also nickname Paeng^[2]^[3]
Tamil: ரபேல் (Rapēl)
Telugu: రాఫెల్ (Rāphel)
Thai: ราฟาเอล (Rā fā xel)
Ukrainian: Рафаїл (Rafaīl)
Urdu: رافیل (Rāfīl)

RaphaelEdit

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
Rafael (footballer, born 1990), a Brazilian football player who plays for Lyon
Raphael (singer) (born 1943), Spanish singer
Raphael (musician) (born 1948), American musician
Raphael of Brooklyn (1860–1915), a saint in the Christian Orthodox tradition
Raphael of Lesbos (died 1463), Eastern Orthodox saint, see Saints Raphael, Nicholas and Irene of Lesbos
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 Bob-Waksberg (born 1984), American comedian, writer and creator of BoJack Horseman
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 Gray (born 1981), British computer hacker
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 Koster (born 1971), American game designer
Raphael Lemkin, Holocaust survivor
Raphael Martelli (1811–1880), the first Catholic priest in Toodyay, Western Australia
Raphael Matos (born 1981), Brazilian racing driver
Raphael Ohin (born 1995), Ghanaian footballer
Raphael M. Quaye (born 1975), Liberian basketball player
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

Fictional characters

Raphael, one of the four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Raphael Kirsten, a fictional character in the video game Fire Emblem: Three Houses

RaphaëlEdit

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 Domjan, Swiss explorer
Raphaël Enthoven, French philosopher
Raphaël Garcia (born 1999), Canadian soccer player
Raphaël Géminiani (born 1925), French road bicycle racer
Raphaël Haroche (born 1975), French singer, known by the mononym Raphaël
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-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 Schellenberger (born 1990), French politician
Raphaël Varane (born 1993), French football (soccer) player
Raphaël Wicky (born 1977), Swiss football (soccer) player

RafaelEdit

Rafael Arnáiz Barón, Spanish saint
Rafael Caro Quintero, Mexican drug lord
Rafael Correa, president of Ecuador
Rafael Edward Cruz, given name of U.S. politician Ted Cruz
Rafael Eitan, Israeli general, former Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, and politician
Rafael Guizar Valencia, Mexican saint
Rafael Trujillo, former Dominican president (dictator)

Arts

Rafael Castillo, Mexican-American editor, author, academician
Rafael Arevalo, Mexican-American Composer
Rafael Bittencourt, Brazilian power metal composer and song writer
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (1933-2014), Spanish conductor and composer
Raffaello da Urbino (1483–1520), known as Raphael, Italian painter

Sports

Rafael Alarçón, Brazilian squash player
Rafael Alkorta, Spanish former footballer
Rafael Álvarez (baseball) (born 1977), Venezuelan baseball player
Rafael Álvarez (diver) (born 1971), Spanish diver
Rafael Arevalo, Salvadoran tennis player
Rafael Benítez, Spanish football manager
Rafael Carbonell, Cuban flyweight boxer
Rafael Márquez, Mexican footballer
Rafael Medina, Mexican footballer
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 Mikkelin Kissat
Rafael Pereira da Silva (footballer born 1980), retired former footballer
Rafael Pereira da Silva (footballer born 1990), currently playing for Lyon
Rafael Schmitz (1980), currently playing for Valenciennes
Rafael Silva Nascimento (1984), currently playing for Vasco
Rafael Sóbis (1985), currently playing for Internacional
Rafael Vágner Dias Silva (1983), currently playing for Náutico

Fictional characters

Rafael Barba, (Raúl Esparza) appearing on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Rafael Cuevas, the main protagonist appeared in Benjamin Pascual's novel Lalaki sa Dilim (lit. A Man In The Dark)
Rafael Solano, (Justin Baldoni), a principal character on Jane the Virgin
Rafael, a toucan character in the animated film Rio (2011 film), played by George Lopez

ReferencesEdit

^ 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
^ "Senator Joker? Pinoy names tickle foreigners". GMA News Online. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
^ "Filipino Boy Baby Names". babynames.allparenting.com. Retrieved 20 November 2017.

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[1] 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

[2] "Senator Joker? Pinoy names tickle foreigners". GMA News Online. Retrieved 20 November 2017.

[3] "Filipino Boy Baby Names". babynames.allparenting.com. Retrieved 20 November 2017.

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