Do you stress the first syllable- "RA-fee-uhl", or the last- "ra-fee-EL"?
Is the 'a' more like "cat" or "caught"?
If you encountered it on a white, American child, how would you assume it to be pronounced?
What do think of the nn
Rafe?
And lastly, Wdyt of the name in general and do you prefer
Raphael or
Rafael?
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