Rafa is a masculine given name, mostly as a diminutive form (hypocorism) of Rafael.
Depending on the language the name can be spelled either Raphael or Rafael. Rafael is primarily the Spanish and Portuguese spelling while Raphael is used mainly among English, German and French speakers.
From the Hebrew name ??????? (Rafa'el) meaning "God heals", from the roots ????? (rafa') meaning "to heal" and ??? ('el) meaning "God". In Hebrew tradition Raphael is the name of an archangel.
Rafael shortens to Rafi and Rafa, but we also call Rafael and Raphael by another nickname: Rafe. We also sometimes pronounce the German Ralph the same way. Think Ralph Fiennes.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Rafeaq or Raffi (Arabic: ???? Persian: ???? Urdu: ????) is a name of Arabic origin is one of the names of God in Islam and Gods of Networking, stemming from the Arabic verb rafaʿ (?????), meaning "to lift, to raise (something high)". maybe also rafi means "noble".
This name is the Spanish and Portuguese spelling of Raphael, which is based on the Hebrew Rafa-el, which means “God has healed.” One of the seven archangels, Raphael was a whiz at healing.
The name is attested as far back as c. 1350 BCE, appearing in a letter of Pabi, Prince of Lachish, to Akhenaton ("Now have I sent you Rapha-el.").
At the turn of the 20th century, Rafael saw low usage rates, but as the decades progressed, the name became gradually more popular. The height of Rafael's popularity was in the 1980s and 90s. As we've entered into the 21st century, Rafael has seen a slight decline in usage but he still enjoys moderate popularity.
Rafe is a given name for a male used in many countries across the world. If the name is English, Scandinavian or German it is of Old Norse origin (meaning "counsel of the wolf" or "wise wolf"), derived from the Old Norse Raðulfr (rað "counsel" + ulfr "wolf") through Old English Rædwulf.
Raphael, in the Bible, one of the archangels. In the apocryphal Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) Book of Tobit, he is the one who, in human disguise and under the name of Azarias (“Yahweh helps”), accompanied Tobias in his adventurous journey and conquered the demon Asmodeus.
Raphael (Arabic: ???????, romanized: Isrāfīl, alternate spellings: Israfel, Esrafil) is a venerated archangel according to Islamic tradition. In Islamic eschatology, Israfil will blow the trumpet from a holy rock in Jerusalem to announce the Day of Resurrection (Yawm al-Qiyāmah).
The name Rafa (Arabic writing : ????) is a Muslim girls Names. The meaning of name Rafa is " Happiness, prosperity. "
