| The girl name Rafaela [ syll. ra-fae-la, raf-a-ela ] is pronounced as RAAFayEHLah KEY. Rafaela is used chiefly in the German language and it is derived from Hebrew origins. Rafaela is a variant form of the name Raphaela (English and German). Rafaela is uncommon as a baby girl name. At the modest height of its usage in 1903, 0.007% of baby girls were given the name Rafaela. It was #808 in rank then. The baby name has declined in popularity since then, and is today of very light use. Within all girl names in its family, Rafaela was nonetheless the most widely used in 2007. Baby names that sound like Rafaela include Raffaela (Italian), Raffaella (Italian), Raphaela (English and German), Arabela (English), Arabel (English), and Arabelle (French and German). KEY: approx English pronunciation for Rafaela: 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)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"
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