Raffaele
An Italian form of a Hebrew name that reads as "God has healed", where Rafał is the form Poland actually uses. Only about 165 men here carry the Italian spelling, so most Poles have never met one.
Raffaele Pronunciation
What Raffaele means
Where Raffaele comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Raffaele comes from Hebrew. The name binds rapha, "he has healed", to El, a word for God, and the whole reads as "God has healed". Italian speakers shaped the spelling, with its doubled f and open ending.
Behind it stands the archangel Raphael, named in the Book of Tobit, where he walks with young Tobias and restores an old man's sight. That account tied healing to the name long before it reached Naples.
In Italy the name found ordinary bearers. Raffaele Esposito, a Neapolitan pizzaiolo, is credited with the 1889 pizza named for Queen Margherita. Its name-day sits near the feast of the archangels. A Polish teacher reading Raffaele off a class register meets an Italian form of a Hebrew word, and the plain sense holds: bóg uzdrowił.
How many people are named Raffaele
1 in 129371 men in Poland is named Raffaele. 165 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2515 among male names.
Raffaele's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been falling steadily since 2000.
Raffaele as a middle name
Raffaele is a first name for 165 men in Poland and a middle name for another 20, an 89/11 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 2014th, between Preston (20) and Raja (20).
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#2012 Piero20
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#2013 Preston20
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#2014 Raffaele20
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#2015 Raja20
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#2016 Ramón20