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The first name 
Raphaelle

Raphaelle is a female first name.

Raphaelle – a very rare name!

Recently, the name Raphaelle has been given only a handful of times a year and is therefore particularly rare, at least in the US. In recent years, not even one girl in 100,000 has been named Raphaelle. That means that a girl named Raphaelle is exceptional and may not meet another person with the same name her whole life.

You won't believe all there is 
to discover about the name
 
Raphaelle

Raphaelle has 9 letters 
and begins with an R

Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter R is neither particularly common nor particularly rare as a first letter for girls' names: 4.1% of all common girls' names in the US begin with this letter. The most common first letters of girls' names are A and S, while X and U are the least common initials of girls' names.

With nine letters, the name Raphaelle is relatively long compared to other names. In fact, 5.6% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly nine letters. 92% of all first names are shorter, while not even 2.5% of all boys’ and girls’ names use ten or more letters. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long with no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.

Thus, it follows that if 4.1% of all girls' names start with an R, this initial letter occurs about as often as all 26 letters on average. And maybe interesting to know: Rebecca is the girls’ name starting with R, which is the most common of all.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Raphaelle

If your name is Raphaelle and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...

This is how you spell the name Raphaelle

So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Raphaelle, you can simply say:

Rocket

Apple

Pig

Hat

Apple

Elephant

Lion

Lion

Elephant

This is how the name Raphaelle is spelled in the NATO phonetic alphabet

The NATO alphabet often helps people spell words on the phone or radio when there are communication problems.

How do you write Raphaelle in Braille?

Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.

Raphaelle

Raphaelle

You want to tell a deaf person that your name is Raphaelle

Just use American Sign Language!

The name Raphaelle is particularly colorful in the Semaphore flag signaling system!

These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.

R
A
P
H
A
E
L
L
E

Have you ever waved the name Raphaelle

In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.

R
A
P
H
A
E
L
L
E

Beeping like crazy...

In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Raphaelle sounds like this: