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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Raphael m. Hebrew רָפָאֵל 'God has healed'.

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

Belgium
Dutch
1597x1598 Raphael BoonenGes p. 338
England
Dutch
1572 Raphael AuFr Keijsers; 1582 Rafel ibid. Grande; 1585 Raphel ibid. Leck; 1587 Raphael ibid. Grand; 1597 Raphael ibid. Keller
Early Modern English
1573 Raphaell bruton1 p. 40
Walloon
1582 Raphael RWC p. 563; 1583 Raphael ibid. p. 437; 1596 Raphael ibid. p. 42
France
Latin
1579 Raphael (abl) FlorLyon p. 40
Middle French
1566 Raphaël RegPCC-1 p. 275; 1567 Raphaël ibid. p. 280; 1568 Raphaël ibid. p. 409; 1572 Raphaël ibid. p. 638
Germany
Latin
1394 Raphaelis (gen) SMM p. 175
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; 1450 Rafaellem (acc) VitAs2 XI; 1464 Rafael (nom) CUP-III-I CCXXXI, Raffael (nom) ibid. CCXXXI, Raffaël (nom) ibid. CCXXXI
1376 Raffo (abl) DouGen1 p. 29
Spain
Latin
1487 Raphaelis (gen) carbonell-I 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 2021, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2021/1/name/Raphael.