Raffael

Rafael around the world

• Рафаэль · Russian
• Рафаель · Ukrainian
• Ραφαέλ · Greek
• رافائيل · Arabic
• רפאל (Rafael) · Hebrew
• ラファエル · Japanese
• Raffaele · Italian
• Raphaël · French
• Rafał · Polish
• Rafaël · Dutch

Famous Rafaels

• Rafael Correa · President of Ecuador (2007 - 2017) y Prófugo de la Justicia
• Rafael Nadal · Spanish tennis player (born 1986)
• Rafael van der Vaart · Dutch association football player (born 1983)
• Rafael Trujillo · President of the Dominican Republic (1891-1961)

Rafael’s name day

• March 24 · Sweden
• November 8 · Greece, Cyprus
• April 21 · Greece, Cyprus

Raffael around the world

• France: 490 babies since 1900, peak 2020, No. 1,665 in 2025
• England & Wales: 116 babies since 1996, peak 2020, No. 3,240 in 2025
• Belgium: 29 babies since 1995, peak 2021

From official birth registries. Sources are listed on About the data.

Where Raffaels end up

Among notable men who are footballers, Raffaels show up 1.4× as often as you'd expect from how common the name is.

Notable people of every nationality born 1940–2005 (Wikidata). Patterns, not destiny.

Other spellings

1 in 929 Rafaels spell it Raffael

• Rafael 77%
• Raphael 19%
• Rapheal 1%
• Raffaele 1%
• Rafeal 1%
• Rafal <1%
• Raphel <1%
• Raffael <1%
• Rafel <1%

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 2024)

• Noah
• Henry
• Liam
• Oliver
• Theodore
• Wesley