Rafael
Male#390 most common in Croatia1,705 people in Croatia
- Meaning:
- God has healed
- Origin:
- Hebrew
About the name Rafael
From Hebrew 'God has healed', the name of the archangel Raphael, guide and healer. A classic Christian name.
Name day and nicknames
- Name day:
- September 29 (sv. Rafael arkanđeo)
Popularity with newborns
- Boys · 2025 · 169 births · #27 that year
Positions come from the annual top 50 published for each sex. A gap in the line means the name finished below 50th that year, not that no child was given it.
People with this name in Croatia
1,705 people in Croatia are called Rafael, according to the 2021 census. That is #390 among all the names in Imenko.
Where the name is found
Rafael is recorded in 20 of Croatia's 21 counties.
Bjelovarsko-bilogorskaBrodsko-posavskaDubrovačko-neretvanskaGrad ZagrebIstarskaKarlovačkaKoprivničko-križevačkaKrapinsko-zagorskaMeđimurskaOsječko-baranjskaPožeško-slavonskaPrimorsko-goranskaSisačko-moslavačkaSplitsko-dalmatinskaVaraždinskaVirovitičko-podravskaVukovarsko-srijemskaZadarskaZagrebačkaŠibensko-kninska
Notable people called Rafael
- Raphael — Italian Renaissance painter
- Rafael Nadal — Spanish tennis champion
Sources
Counts of people living in Croatia come from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics' 2021 census, which suppresses any figure below 10. Yearly birth figures come from its annual list of the most popular newborn names. Meaning, origin, name day and nicknames are curated by Imenko.