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Meaning & History
From Latin Raphaelis, which is the genitive of the third declension of RAPHAEL, the biblical Latin (and also Greek) form of the Hebrew name RAFA'EL.In some countries (such as England and Germany), this has been used as a Latin form of RAPHAEL (thus basically making it a latinization of a latinization) since at least late medieval times until about the midst of the 19th century.