Rafael

ra-fa-EHL (Spanish); RA-fa-ehl (German); RAF-ay-ehl or raf-EYE-ehl (English)

Spanish; German; Croatian; Portuguese, variation of Raphael

"God has healed"

Rafael Origin and Meaning

Variation of Rafi

Rafael Rank in US Top 1000

# 222 in the US

Rafael Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 184 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Rafael

• 222 US 2024
• 184 Nameberry 2025
• 186 Canada 2024
• 355 Future 2028
• 215 England 2024
• 41 Germany 2016
• 128 Netherlands 2015
• 60 Spain 2023
• 20 Portugal 2021
• 27 Mexico 2021
• 24 Brazil 2024
• 53 switzerland 2024
• 84 Austria 2024
• 42 Chile 2021
• 35 Croatia 2024

20 Names Similar to Rafael

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Rafael.

• Matthias
• Lorenzo
• Marco
• Ezekiel
• Maximilian
• Titus
• Julius
• Maximus
• Dimitri
• Emilio
• Raphael
• Joaquin
• Anton
• Leon
• Julien
• Salvatore
• Andreas
• Darius
• Ivan
• Nikolai

Famous People Named Rafael

• Rafael Nadal (Parera) Spanish tennis player
• Rafael Vicente Correa (Delgado) President of Ecuador
• Rafael Leónidas Trujillo (Molina) Dominican dictator
• Rafael Edward "Ted" Cruz U.S. Senator from Texas
• Rafael Yglesias American novelist and screenwriter
• Rafael Garcia American soccer player
• Rafael Benítez (Maudes) Spanish footballer and manager
• (José) Rafael Amaya (Núñez) Mexican actor, singer and model
• Rafael Palmeiro (Corrales) Cuban,American baseball player
• Rafael Márquez (Álvarez) Mexican footballer
• Rafael Halperin Israeli businessman, rabbi and pro wrestler
• Rafael "Rafinha" Alcántara do Nascimento Brazilian footballer
• Rafael Lange Severino aka Cellbit Brazilian YouTuber
• Rafael van der Vaart Dutch footballer
• Rafael "Rafa" Guevara (b. 2003) son of Allegra Huston; grandson of director John Huston
• Rafael Llamas (b. 2005) son of actors José Ángel Llamas and Mara Croatto
• Rafael Schofield (b. 2006) son of actress Sally Rogers and Jonathan Schofield
• Rafael Ritchie (b. 2011) son of director Guy Ritchie
• Rafael Fernández de Córdova y de Potesta (b. 2013) great,grandson of Franz, Duke of Hohenburg and Princess Elisabeth of Luxembourg
• Rafael Thomas (b. 2015) son of actor Alec Baldwin and Hilaria Thomas Baldwin

The name Rafael in Pop Culture

• Rafael Santo character on TV's "American Gothic"
• Rafael Solano character on TV's "Jane the Virgin"
• Rafael Diaz character in "Star vs. the Forces of Evil"
• Rafael Barba ADA on "Law and Oder: SVU"
• San Rafael California, USA (pron. "ruh,FELL")

International Variations of the name Rafael

• Raffaele Italian
• Raffaele Italian