Firstly congratulations on your second son 
Name regret is really common. Firstly naming is really challenging and it’s hard when you have your heart set on x but you cannot use this name so end up with a name that is different from what you desired so can feel out of place. Furthermore, your body has just gone through this major event it’s in overdrive and add the surge of hormones that you experience it’s common to experience anxiety which commonly shows up as name regret. These feelings combined is really overwhelming and I’m sorry you’re in this spot. I went through the same experience when naming my daughter. The name regret was awful and hard to comprehend especially as her name felt very out of place in my conservative town. People reacted to her name like it was strange and too foreign or whatever. Her name was continuously butchered or looked at bizarrely people avoider saying it I felt like I made a huge mistake. I realised it wasn’t my actual emotions towards the name that was the issue it was peoples reactions so I just adopted a more universal nickname and it’s all fine. I love her name and I’m glad I stuck with [name_f]Lilia[/name_f]. This conclusion was aided by a pros and cons list surrounding the name along with berries solid advise. I’m so glad I saw the light as my daughter is definitely a [name_f]Lilia[/name_f]!
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Raphael[/name_m] is handsome, universal, romantic choice, has a lovely meaning and I think is very wearable. I absolutely love the nickname [name_m]Raffy[/name_m] which adds a cheeky chappy flair. Honestly yes [name_m]Raphael[/name_m] isn’t necessarily mainstream but he isn’t ’weird’ and I’m from the UK I’ve met a few Raphael’s never thought the name felt out of place. I think people (from my experience) are just so unnecessary when they meet children who have names that fall out the usual western remit off [name_m]Oliver[/name_m] + [name_f]Olivia[/name_f]. I would create a pros and cons list surrounding [name_m]Raphael[/name_m] to really establish your emotions surrounding the name trying not to focus on the reactions of others. It’s amazing how much others cloud our positivity/viewpoint and dampen our spirits. People’s reactions to Lilia’s name really affected me.
[name_f][/name_f]Still if you decide that [name_m]Raphael[/name_m] isn’t the one you’ve got plenty of time to change his name. Babies do not begin to recognise their name till they are 6 months old so you’ve got in my opinion that long to figure it out. I think [name_m]Nico[/name_m] could be a good alternative he definitely works as a name in his own right matching the short boyish flair of M@x. [name_m]Nico[/name_m] feels fashionable, has a lovely meaning and shares the ‘O’ ending that [name_m]Leo[/name_m] has so you clearly love this sound. Some other O ending names that you may like could be [name_m]Theo[/name_m], [name_m]Milo[/name_m], [name_m]Enzo[/name_m], [name_m]Arlo[/name_m], [name_m]Elio[/name_m], [name_m]Hugo[/name_m] & [name_m]Otto[/name_m].
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Hope[/name_f] these ramblings help you 