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 [ 3 syll. ra-fae(l), raf-a-el ] The boy name Rafael is pronounced as RAAFayEHL KEY. Rafael is largely used in the German, Hebrew, Portuguese, Romanian, and Spanish languages, and its origin is Hebrew. Rafael is a variant of the name Raphael (English, French, German, and Hebrew). Raffael (German, Portuguese, and Spanish variant spelling) is a form of Rafael. Rafael is a popular baby name for boys. The name's popularity has been rising since the 1900s; before that, it was of occasional use only. At the modest peak of its usage in 2006, 0.077% of baby boys were given the name Rafael. Its ranking then was #217. In 2008, its usage was 0.071% and its ranking #238, and it was the most popular out of all boy names in its group. In 2008, Rafael was more widely used than the subsequent ranked name, Raphael (English, French, German, and Hebrew), by 4 times. Baby names that sound like Rafael include Rafaele (Italian), Raffael (German, Portuguese, and Spanish), Raphael (English, French, German, and Hebrew), Raphaël (French), Rafaello (Italian), Raffaello (Italian), Refael (Hebrew), Rephael (Hebrew), Rafaelle (Italian), Rafaelo (Spanish), Rafal (Polish), Rafeal (Spanish), Rafel (Catalan and Spanish), Raffaele (Italian), Raffaelo (Italian), Raphel (Spanish), and Ripley (English). A famous person named Rafael is Tennis Player, Rafael Nadal, born Rafael Nadal-Parera, 3 June 1986, Manacor, Mallorca, Spain. KEY: English pronunciation for Rafael: R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; AY as in "hide (HH.AY.D)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)"   |
