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Rafel - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Rafel

[ syll. ra-fel, raf-el ] The boy name Rafel is pronounced as RahFEHL KEY. Rafel is largely used in Catalan and Spanish, and it is derived from Hebrew origins. Rafel is a variant form of the name Raphael (English, French, German, and Hebrew).

Rafel is uncommon as a baby name for boys. It is not listed within the top 1000 names. Out of the group of boy names directly related to Rafel, Raphael (English, French, German, and Hebrew) was the most popular in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Rafel include Rafaelle (Italian), Rafal (Polish), Rafeal (Spanish), Raphel (Spanish), Ripley (English), Rafael (German, Hebrew, Portuguese, Romanian, and Spanish), Rafaele (Italian), Rafaello (Italian), Raffael (German, Portuguese, and Spanish), Raffaello (Italian), Raphael (English, French, German, and Hebrew), Raphaël (French), Refael (Hebrew), Rephael (Hebrew), Rafaelo (Spanish), Raffaele (Italian), and Raffaelo (Italian).

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Rafel: R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)"


 
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