Raffaella

Raffaella

Gender	Female
Language	Hebrew (origin), Italian, Greek, Spanish
Origin
Word/name	Raphael (archangel)
Meaning	God heal her
Region of origin	Israel, Italy, Greece, Spain
Other names
Related names	Raffaello

Raffaella (also spelled Raffaela, Raphaella and Raphaela) is an Hebrew female name taken from the Hebrew male name Rafael, meaning in Hebrew "God heal her". Used as a female name in Israel, Italy, Greece, Spain, Brazil.

Notable people with the name

• Raffaella Baracchi (born 1964), retired Italian actress
• Raffaella Barker (born 1964), English author
• Raffaella Bosurgi, neuroscientist
• Raffaella Bragazzi (1959–2026), Italian television and radio host
• Raffaella Brutto (born 1988), Italian snowboarder
• Raffaella Calloni (born 1983), Italian volleyball player
• Raffaella Camet Bertello (born 1992), Peruvian volleyball player
• Raffaella Carrà (1943–2021), Italian TV hostess, singer and actress
• Raffaella Corrales (born 1963), Spanish politician and LGBTQ rights activist
• Raffaella De Laurentiis (born 1954), Italian film producer
• Raffaella De Vita, Italian and American biomechanical engineer
• Raffaella Fico (born 1988), Italian showgirl, singer and model
• Raffaella Imbriani (born 1973), German judoka
• Raffaella Laezza (born 1961), Italian architect, architectural theorist, essayist and academic
• Raffaella Leone (born 1961 or 1962), Italian film producer
• Raffaella Margutti, Italian multi-messenger astronomer
• Raffaella Modugno (born 1988), Italian model
• Raffaella Paita (born 1974), Italian politician
• Raffaella Reggi (born 1965), Italian former professional tennis player
• Raffaella Schneider (born 1971), Italian astrophysicist