Raphael is a boy's name of Hebrew and Biblical origin meaning “God has healed.” In 2024 it was given to 744 boys in the United States.
Raphael belongs to the Biblical & Christian tradition. Its meaning — “God has healed” — is the sense carried by its Hebrew and Biblical roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Raphael first appears in Social Security records in 1882. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #420 in 2024, and in 2024 744 babies received the name — 23,439 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Raphael means “God has healed” in its Hebrew and Biblical roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Raphael is a boy name. In 2024, 744 babies received the name in the US.
Raphael comes from the Biblical & Christian tradition.
Raphael first appears in US records in 1882. Its best-ever ranking was #420 in 2024, and 744 babies were given the name in 2024.
Raphael is pronounced /ˈɹæf.eɪˌɛl/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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