Rafael

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Male Male Name

Usage

Sweden Swedish
Finland Finnish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian

Origin and Meaning

1) Deriving from the Hebrew name רָפָאֵל (Rafa'el)

First element (Rafa-):

Hebrew rafa = 'heals'

Last element (-el):

Hebrew el = 'the Lord, God' (see ELI) [1]

2) "Latinisation" of Ragnvaldr [1]

Related Names

     
Feeli ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Raafael ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Raaffa ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Raaffaeeli ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Raaffu ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Raahvaeli ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Rabbe ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish
Rafael ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Raffa ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Raffel ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Ráffo ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Raffu ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Rafu ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Rahve ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Rahvi ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Rahvu ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Ransi ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Ranssu ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Ransu ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Raphael ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Old Swedish Swedish
Rapo ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish

Name Days

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

22 December

Sweden Sweden

24 March

Further Information

Bible

Rafael is one of the archangels

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[2] Statimg f2.pngStatimg m4.png 0 10 683 1741
Denmark Denmark[3] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m3.png 0 n.a. 130 n.a
Norway Norway[4] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m3.png 0 0 125 213
Finland Finland[5] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m5.png n.a. 1 n.a 11026
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend[2][3][4][5]:Name statistics for Rafael(m)


Sources: [2] [3] [4] [5]

References

  1. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  2. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  3. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  4. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  5. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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