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