Rafaela is the Spanish and Portuguese feminine form of Raphael, the archangel whose Hebrew name means "God has healed". The Italian spelling Raffaella is familiar from actress Raffaella Carra, and the single-f form is standard across Latin America and Brazil. Rafaela stood at number 5643 in 2000, reached number 2897 in 2011 and stands at number 2922 in 2025 with 58 births.