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Dictionary of Medieval Names
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Raphael m. Hebrew רָפָאֵל 'God has healed'.

The name of one of the four archangels. Wycliffite Bible (1395): Raphael.

England
Early Modern English
● 1573 Raphaell bruton-vol1 p. 40
France
Latin
● 1579 Raphael (abl) FlorLyon p. 40
Germany
Early New High German
● 1497 Raphael Nurn1497 214
Italy
Latin
● 1376 Raffael (abl) DouGen1 p. 31, Raffaele (abl) ibid. p. 19, Raffaelis (gen) ibid. p. 214
◑ 1376 Raffo (abl) DouGen1 p. 29
Spain
Latin
● 1487 Raphaelis (gen) carbonell p. 12; 1488 Raphael (nom) ibid. p. 17, Raphaelis (gen) ibid. p. 23; 1490 Raphael (nom) ibid. p. 43, Raphaelis (gen) ibid. p. 42; 1492 Raphael (nom) ibid. p. 66, Raphaelis (gen) ibid. p. 67
Catalan
● 1510 Rafel valencia1510 1627, Raphel ibid. 3737
Ukraine
Latin
● 1469 Raphael (nom) AGZ-18 35, Raphaelem (acc) ibid. I-2, Raphaeli (dat) ibid. I-2
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Raphael". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2016/1/name/Raphael.