Forename Raphaël

Globally, Raphaël (Рафаэль , Raphaël , רפאל , among others...) is a common male first name. The first name Raphaël is characteristic of Russia, where it is quite a common masculine name, Cameroon, where it is quite a common principally masculine, but very seldom feminine name, and Kazakhstan, where it is quite a common boy's name (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Russia, Cameroon, and France. Much less frequently, Raphaël is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Raphaël

name رافائيل, name 拉菲尔, name Рафаел, name Rafaël, name Raffael, name Rafael, name 拉法尔, name رفائيل, name Raphaël, name Raffaele, name Ráphael, name Рафаель, name Rafal, name Рафаэль, name Рафаїл, name Raffaello, name 雷斐尔, name Raphael, name রাফায়েল, name Rafał, name ラファエル, name Раффаэле, name רפאל, name 拉斐尔, name Рафаеле, name Rafajil, name Рафаэл, name Рафал

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Рафаэль	Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Russia, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan
Raphaël	France, Cameroon, Belgium, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast
רפאל	Israel
ラファエル	Japan

First names said to be same

Rafael, Rafajil, Rafal, Rafaël, Rafał, Raffael, Raffaele, Raffaello, Raphael, Ráphael, Рафаел, Рафаеле, Рафаель, Рафал, Рафаэл, Рафаїл, Раффаэле, رافائيل, رفائيل, রাফায়েল, 拉斐尔, 拉法尔, 拉菲尔, and 雷斐尔

First name Raphaël in the context

Raphaël is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Raphaël de Valentin , the Honoré de Balzac character, La Comédie humaine; Raphael , the fictional Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles character; Raphaël , the fictional character in Belphégor; Raphaël Cassagne , character in Plus belle la vie and Rafael Montero , character in The Mask of Zorro, and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	raphaël de la planche tapestry weaver and dealer (ca. 1596-after 1661) (b. 1596)
	raphaël trichet du fresne First publisher of Leonardo's treatise on painting in 1651 and author of the first published annotated art bibliography. Trichet du Fresne was the son of the lawyer and bibliophile Pierre Trichet (1586/7–ca. 1649)., FR (b. 1611)
	raphaël du mans French explorer (1613-1696), FR (b. 1613)
	raphaël lévy FR (b. 1612)
	raphaël de casabianca French general (1738-1825), FR (b. 1738)
	raphaël vienot French military personnel (1804-1855), FR (b. 1804)
	raphaël bischoffsheim French private banker and politician, FR (b. 1823)
	raphaël ponson French painter (1835-1904), FR (b. 1835)
	raphaël alexander johannes boudewinus maria van nispen van sevenaer politician (1835-1885) (b. 1835)
	raphaël de roubin French politician (b. 1787)
	raphaël lépine French physioloigst (1840-1919), FR (b. 1840)
	raphaël wurmser rabbi (b. 1795)
	raphaël antonini mayor of Algiers, FR (b. 1845)
	raphaël weill FR (b. 1837)
	raphaël dubois pharmacologist, FR (b. 1849)