Rafael
See also: Rafaèl
English
editEtymology
editCompare Spanish Rafael, Portuguese Rafael.
Proper noun
editRafael (plural Rafaels)
- A male given name, variant of Raphael.
Related terms
editCatalan
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Hebrew רָפָאֵל (Rāfāʾēl).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editRafael m
- (biblical) Raphael
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Raphael
Faroese
editEtymology
editFrom Hebrew רָפָאֵל (Rāfāʾēl).
Proper noun
editRafael m
- a male given name
Usage notes
editPatronymics
- son of Rafael: Rafaelsson
- daughter of Rafael: Rafaelsdóttir
Declension
editSingular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Rafael |
Accusative | Rafael |
Dative | Rafaeli |
Genitive | Rafaels |
Finnish
editEtymology
editFrom Biblical Hebrew רָפָאֵל (Rāfāʾēl).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editRafael
- Raphael (biblical character)
- a male given name
Declension
editInflection of Rafael (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
---|---|---|---|
nominative | Rafael | Rafaelit | |
genitive | Rafaelin | Rafaelien | |
partitive | Rafaelia | Rafaeleja | |
illative | Rafaeliin | Rafaeleihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Rafael | Rafaelit | |
accusative | nom. | Rafael | Rafaelit |
gen. | Rafaelin | ||
genitive | Rafaelin | Rafaelien | |
partitive | Rafaelia | Rafaeleja | |
inessive | Rafaelissa | Rafaeleissa | |
elative | Rafaelista | Rafaeleista | |
illative | Rafaeliin | Rafaeleihin | |
adessive | Rafaelilla | Rafaeleilla | |
ablative | Rafaelilta | Rafaeleilta | |
allative | Rafaelille | Rafaeleille | |
essive | Rafaelina | Rafaeleina | |
translative | Rafaeliksi | Rafaeleiksi | |
abessive | Rafaelitta | Rafaeleitta | |
instructive | — | Rafaelein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics
edit- Rafael is the 388th (tied with 1 other name) most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 779 male individuals (and as a middle name to 4,921 more, making it much more common as a middle name), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
German
editProper noun
editRafael m (proper noun, strong, genitive Rafaels or Rafael)
- a male given name, a less common variant of Raphael
Portuguese
editEtymology
editFrom Hebrew רָפָאֵל (Rāfāʾēl).
Pronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: Ra‧fa‧el
Proper noun
editRafael m (plural Rafaéis)
- (biblical) Raphael (an archangel)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Raphael
Spanish
editEtymology
editFrom Hebrew רָפָאֵל (Rāfāʾēl).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editRafael m
- (biblical) Raphael
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Raphael
Proper noun
editRafael m or f by sense
- a surname transferred from the given name
Derived terms
edit- prerrafaelista (“Pre-Raphaelite”)
- Rafa (diminutive)
Related terms
edit- Rafaela (feminine form)
Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom Hebrew רָפָאֵל (Rāfāʾēl).
Proper noun
editRafael c (genitive Rafaels)
- Raphael (biblical character)
- a male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin; sometimes used as a Christianized form of Ragnvald
Tagalog
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish Rafael, from Hebrew רָפָאֵל (Rāfāʾēl).
Proper noun
editRafael (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜉᜁᜎ᜔)
- a male given name from Spanish
Categories:
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English given names
- English male given names
- Catalan terms borrowed from Hebrew
- Catalan terms derived from Hebrew
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Catalan/ɛl
- Rhymes:Catalan/ɛl/3 syllables
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan proper nouns
- Catalan masculine nouns
- ca:Biblical characters
- Catalan given names
- Catalan male given names
- Catalan male given names from Hebrew
- ca:Individuals
- Faroese terms derived from Hebrew
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese proper nouns
- Faroese masculine nouns
- Faroese given names
- Faroese male given names
- Finnish terms borrowed from Biblical Hebrew
- Finnish terms derived from Biblical Hebrew
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑfɑel
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑfɑel/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish given names
- Finnish male given names
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- fi:Biblical characters
- fi:Individuals
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German masculine nouns
- German given names
- German male given names
- Portuguese terms derived from Hebrew
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese 4-syllable words
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Portuguese proper nouns with plurals
- pt:Biblical characters
- Portuguese given names
- Portuguese male given names
- Spanish terms derived from Hebrew
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/el
- Rhymes:Spanish/el/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- es:Biblical characters
- Spanish given names
- Spanish male given names
- Spanish male given names from Hebrew
- Spanish feminine nouns
- Spanish nouns with multiple genders
- Spanish masculine and feminine nouns by sense
- Spanish surnames
- Spanish surnames from given names
- es:Individuals
- Swedish terms derived from Hebrew
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish given names
- Swedish male given names
- Swedish male given names from Hebrew
- sv:Biblical characters
- sv:Individuals
- Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish
- Tagalog terms derived from Spanish
- Tagalog terms derived from Hebrew
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog proper nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Tagalog terms spelled with F
- Tagalog given names
- Tagalog male given names
- Tagalog male given names from Spanish