Rafael (15 ways): Pronunciations

How to Pronounce Rafael

Our model has identified 15 different spellings of Rafael that are grouped together because they share at least one of 19 different pronunciations. If something seems off, you can help us improve our grouping algorithm by rating whether pronunciations are correct or incorrect for a given spelling.

The audio files on this page are organized by pronunciation. Click the play button next to each spelling to hear that pronunciation spoken aloud for a particular spelling.

Our model is 10.3% confident that Rafael is pronounced as rah-fai-EHL. There is 1 other spelling variant that shares this pronunciation.

The next most likely pronunciation for Rafael is ruh-fay-EHL, at 8.6% confidence. There is 1 other spelling variant that shares this pronunciation.

ruh-FAY-ehl

53.3%

111,205

98.09%

5.2%

RA-fee-ehl

53.3%

109,931

96.96%

1.7%

RA-fee-EHL

53.3%

110,841

97.76%

1.7%

RA-fay-ehl

40.0%

110,182

97.18%

5.2%

RA-fay-EHL

40.0%

111,092

97.99%

3.4%

ruh-FEHL

33.3%

88,548

78.10%

5.2%

ruh-FAL

33.3%

86,838

76.59%

3.4%

ruh-FUH-ayl

26.7%

86,823

76.58%

1.7%

RA-fuh-ehl

20.0%

87,159

76.88%

1.7%

ruh-FAHL

20.0%

86,870

76.62%

1.7%

RA-fuh-EHL

20.0%

86,818

76.58%

1.7%

rah-fai-EHL

13.3%

109,664

96.73%

10.3%

ruh-fay-EHL

13.3%

86,759

76.52%

8.6%

ruh-fehl

13.3%

86,759

76.52%

3.4%

rah-fah-EHL

13.3%

86,759

76.52%

3.4%

RAY-fee-ehl

13.3%

86,714

76.48%

3.4%

ruh-FAIL

13.3%

86,666

76.44%

3.4%

ruh-FAH-ehl

13.3%

86,759

76.52%

1.7%

rah-FEEL

13.3%

86,752

76.52%

1.7%

rah-fai-EHL (3 syllables)

2 names (13.3% of variations) 96.73% of births

R AA2 F AY0 EH1 L

Rafael

Verified

Confidence: 10.3%

Raphael

Verified

Confidence: 8.2%

ruh-fay-EHL (3 syllables)

2 names (13.3% of variations) 76.52% of births

R AH0 F EY0 EH1 L

Rafael

Confidence: 8.6%

Raffael

Confidence: 2.6%

ruh-FAY-ehl (3 syllables)

8 names (53.3% of variations) 98.09% of births

R AH0 F EY1 EH0 L

Confidence: 5.2%

Confidence: 9.6%

Confidence: 14.0%

Confidence: 5.0%

Confidence: 5.1%

Confidence: 2.3%

Confidence: 7.3%

Confidence: 16.2%

ruh-FEHL (2 syllables)

5 names (33.3% of variations) 78.10% of births

R AH0 F EH1 L

Confidence: 5.2%

Confidence: 6.5%

Confidence: 22.0%

Confidence: 72.7%

Confidence: 6.8%

RA-fay-ehl (3 syllables)

6 names (40.0% of variations) 97.18% of births

R AE1 F EY0 EH0 L

Confidence: 5.2%

Confidence: 15.1%

Confidence: 15.0%

Confidence: 9.1%

Confidence: 2.4%

Confidence: 8.1%

ruh-FAL (2 syllables)

5 names (33.3% of variations) 76.59% of births

R AH0 F AE1 L

Confidence: 3.4%

Confidence: 2.6%

Confidence: 2.3%

Confidence: 2.4%

Confidence: 2.7%

ruh-fehl (2 syllables)

2 names (13.3% of variations) 76.52% of births

R AH0 F EH0 L

Rafael

Confidence: 3.4%

Raffael

Confidence: 2.6%

RA-fay-EHL (3 syllables)

6 names (40.0% of variations) 97.99% of births

R AE1 F EY0 EH1 L

Confidence: 3.4%

Confidence: 12.3%

Confidence: 2.3%

Confidence: 7.5%

Confidence: 18.2%

Confidence: 2.7%

rah-fah-EHL (3 syllables)

2 names (13.3% of variations) 76.52% of births

R AA0 F AA0 EH1 L

Rafael

Confidence: 3.4%

Raffael

Confidence: 12.8%

RAY-fee-ehl (3 syllables)

2 names (13.3% of variations) 76.48% of births

R EY1 F IY0 EH0 L

Rafael

Confidence: 3.4%

Raphiel

Confidence: 4.3%

ruh-FAIL (2 syllables)

2 names (13.3% of variations) 76.44% of births

R AH0 F AY1 L

Rafael

Confidence: 3.4%

Rafhael

Confidence: 2.7%

ruh-FAH-ehl (3 syllables)

2 names (13.3% of variations) 76.52% of births

R AH0 F AA1 EH0 L

Rafael

Confidence: 1.7%

Raffael

Confidence: 2.6%

rah-FEEL (2 syllables)

2 names (13.3% of variations) 76.52% of births

R AA0 F IY1 L

Rafael

Confidence: 1.7%

Rafiel

Confidence: 2.6%

ruh-FUH-ayl (3 syllables)

4 names (26.7% of variations) 76.58% of births

R AH0 F AH1 EY0 L

Confidence: 1.7%

Confidence: 2.6%

Confidence: 2.3%

Confidence: 2.7%

RA-fuh-ehl (3 syllables)

3 names (20.0% of variations) 76.88% of births

R AE1 F AH0 EH0 L

Rafael

Confidence: 1.7%

Ralphael

Confidence: 2.5%

Raphaelle

Confidence: 2.3%

ruh-FAHL (2 syllables)

3 names (20.0% of variations) 76.62% of births

R AH0 F AA1 L

Rafael

Confidence: 1.7%

Rafal

Confidence: 35.3%

Raffeal

Confidence: 2.4%

RA-fee-ehl (3 syllables)

8 names (53.3% of variations) 96.96% of births

R AE1 F IY0 EH0 L

Confidence: 1.7%

Confidence: 4.1%

Confidence: 2.6%

Confidence: 5.3%

Confidence: 29.8%

Confidence: 2.4%

Confidence: 2.7%

Confidence: 10.0%

RA-fee-EHL (3 syllables)

8 names (53.3% of variations) 97.76% of births

R AE1 F IY0 EH1 L

Confidence: 1.7%

Confidence: 4.1%

Confidence: 2.3%

Confidence: 2.6%

Confidence: 10.5%

Confidence: 21.3%

Confidence: 2.7%

Confidence: 22.5%

RA-fuh-EHL (3 syllables)

3 names (20.0% of variations) 76.58% of births

R AE1 F AH0 EH1 L

Rafael

Confidence: 1.7%

Raffael

Confidence: 5.1%

Raphaelle

Confidence: 6.8%

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Rafael. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Rafael, please vote using the thumbs up button.

ruh-FAY-uhl (3 syllables)

5 names 25.5k births

R AH0 F EY1 AH0 L

Should "Rafael" have this pronunciation?

Names with this pronunciation:

ruh-fuh-AYL (3 syllables)

2 names 1.1k births

R AH0 F AH0 EY1 L

Should "Rafael" have this pronunciation?

Names with this pronunciation:

Raffaele 1k births

Raphaelle 59 births

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like R AA2 F AY0 EH1 L) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable. It's really hard to get a text-to-speech model to say names the way you want it to. And describing how vowels are emphasized in English is a bit of a mess.