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Around the world, Raphäel (Рафаэль , Raphäel ) is a common boy's forename. The first name Raphäel is habitual in Russia, where it is quite a common male name, Kazakhstan, and Azerbaijan. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Russia, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan. Very seldom, Raphäel is the last name as well as the forename.
Raphäel is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Raphael , the fictional Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles character; Rafael Montero , character in The Mask of Zorro; Raphaël de Valentin , the Honoré de Balzac character, La Comédie humaine; Raphael , the fictional character in the television series Supernatural and Raphael , the fictional Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles character, created for the film script ''The Blue Door'', among other works.