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Rafaele - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Rafaele

[ syll. ra-fae-le, raf-a-ele ] The boy name Rafaele is pronounced RAAFayEHL- KEY. Rafaele has its origins in the Hebrew language and it is used largely in Italian. Rafaele is a variant form of Raphael (English, French, German, and Hebrew).

Rafaele is not widely used as a baby name for boys. It is not listed within the top 1000 names. In 2008, within the group of boy names directly related to Rafaele, Raphael (English, French, German, and Hebrew) was the most regularly used.

Baby names that sound like Rafaele include Rafael (German, Hebrew, Portuguese, Romanian, and Spanish), 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).

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Rafaele: 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)"


 
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