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All over the world, Azrael (عزرائيل , Azrael , Azrahel ) is quite a rare primarily masculine, but scarcely female first name. The first name Azrael is characteristic of Syria, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Iraq, where it is quite a rare principally boy's, but very infrequently feminine name, and Libya, where it is quite a rare boy's name. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Iraq, Syria, and Egypt. More prevalently, Azrael is the last name as well as the forename.
Azrael is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Azrael , the angel in some Abrahamic religions; often identified with the angel of death; Azrael , the DC Comics character, Batman: Arkham City; Azrael , the fictional character from BlazBlue, BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma; Azrael , the wizard Gargamel's pet cat in the Smurfs comic series and Azrael , the fictional Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Mutanimals character.