Meaning of name Rafael

The name Rafael has the following meaning:

It is a male name, suitable for baby boys.

As a baby boy name, Rafael is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 230 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Rafael fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 18 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 256 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Rafael in the USA, over the past 100 years.

The name Rafael is very likely a(n) Portuguese variant of the name Raphael. See other suggested Portuguese boy baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Raphael.

The following names are baby names related to Rafael and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Rafael: Boys - Amon, Areli, Asher, Elzie, Enoch, Jadon, Javon, Joel, Girls - Anais, Derora, Diza, Gayla, Mikaila, Ona, Yadira, Both genders - Jesse

The name Rafael is a variant of Raphael. Other popular variants of the name Raphael are: Falito, Rafael (Portuguese), Rafaele (Italian), Rafaelle, Rafaello, Rafaelo, Rafal (Polish), Rafel, Rafello, Raffael, Raffaello, Raphael, Raphaello, Raphale, Rapheal, Raphel, Raphello, Raphiel, Ravel, Rephael

We think the name Rafael should fall under the following style category: Biblical.

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Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Rafael to be: Fun-loving, intelligent and funny chap

In one word, you might describe Rafael as a(n) "fun-loving" person.

See other "fun-loving" names for boys.