Rafa
A unisex name of Hebrew origin, meaning God heals; a form of Raphael.
Rafa by the numbers
In 2025, 15 babies in England and Wales were named Rafa. In the US, 5 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 9 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Raphael
Like Rafa, each of these traces back to Raphael: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Rafaelgod heals; a form of Raphael266 in England and Wales (2025)
- RaphaelGod heals; angel name368 in England and Wales (2025)
- RafaelaGod heals; a form of Raphael12 in England and Wales (2025)
- RafaellaGod heals; a form of Raphael32 in the US (2017)
- RaffyGod has healed; a form of Raphael26 in England and Wales (2025)
- Raffiehealed by god; a form of Raphael22 in England and Wales (2025)
- Raffaelegod has healed; italian form of Raphael20 in England and Wales (2025)
- RaphealGod heals; a form of Raphael17 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Rafa. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Rafa
Names that are said the same way as Rafa, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean God
Like Rafa, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Rafa
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