Meaning 
The name Rafael has the following meaning: One who is healed by God.
It is a male name, suitable for baby boys.
Popularity 
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.
Origins  Related names  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
Variants 
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
Style 
We think the name Rafael should fall under the following style category: Biblical. See other Biblical boy names
Impression 
Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Rafael to be: Fun-loving, intelligent and funny chapIn one word, you might describe Rafael as a(n) " fun-loving" person. See other "fun-loving" names for boys.
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