Rafail
/rəˈfaɪl/noun
Rafail is a masculine given name and a variant transliteration of Raphael.
Did you know?Rafail ultimately refers to Raphael, the archangel associated in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions with healing and divine restoration.
Etymological Timeline
Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew
רְפָאֵל (Rəfāʾēl)
“God has healed; formed from rפא, “to heal,” and אֵל, “God””
Late Second Temple period
Aramaic/Hebrew
Rafa'el
“A personal name invoking divine healing”
Ancient Greek
Greek
Ῥαφαήλ (Rhaphaḗl)
“Raphael, the name of an archangel”
Late Antiquity
Latin
Raphael
“Raphael, preserved as a biblical and ecclesiastical name”
Medieval period
Greek/Slavic
Rafail
“A transliterated form of Raphael used in Eastern Christian naming traditions”
Modern English
English
Rafail
“A personal name and variant spelling of Raphael”