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Opinions on Raphael and Clement...

37 replies

soleildefrance · 06/11/2008 17:32

Would be Raphael Edward or Clement Edward.
Our first son is Louis, James, Alexandre.

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seeker · 06/11/2008 17:34

Fine if you live in Richmond, Morningside or Southwold!

savoycabbage · 06/11/2008 17:35

I love Raphael and I like Clement too.

JackieNo · 06/11/2008 17:38

Not sure about Raphael, but like Clement (I really like Clem as a short form of it).

bronze · 06/11/2008 17:41

I think if you're a funky family then yes but otherwise it seems pretentious. I like them both as names

wessexgirl · 06/11/2008 17:42

I love them both (but I'm a poncetastic type ). Slightly prefer Raphael to Clement.

largeginandtonic · 06/11/2008 17:43

Nice, both of them.

DaDaDa · 06/11/2008 17:46

I like Clem. Raphael is uber ponce.

mrsruffallo · 06/11/2008 17:47

I like the feminine versions of both more

soleildefrance · 06/11/2008 17:54

and what about Gabriel Edward?

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rolledhedgehog · 06/11/2008 18:12

I like Clem. I love Raphael.

Liffey · 06/11/2008 18:18

I love Rafael or Raphael.

Clement makes me wince though.

wheresthehamster · 06/11/2008 18:41

No. Remember Clement Freud.

seeker · 06/11/2008 18:46

There are worse role models than Clement Freud!

annasmami · 06/11/2008 18:51

I like both Clement and Raphael - nice, classic masculine names that are not that common.

wheresthehamster · 06/11/2008 18:52

I meant looks wise - I only remember him from the ads for dog food.

donnie · 06/11/2008 18:54

oh yes, off the ponce richter scale IMO. Both of them!

noonki · 06/11/2008 18:54

they would get eaten alive around here!

yama · 06/11/2008 18:55

Prefer Raphael.

othersideofchannel · 06/11/2008 18:56

I love Raphael!

Clement is also nice, especially shortened to Clem.

seeker · 06/11/2008 19:05

As I said - if you life in Richmond, Morningside, Southwold or possibly Whitstable absolutely fine - anywhere else no!

AbbeyA · 06/11/2008 19:09

I like the Edward part (you could hide either of the others as a middle name!)

soleildefrance · 06/11/2008 20:41

Thanks for your feedback! Still 13 weeks to decide (and convince my husband...)

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Liffey · 06/11/2008 20:56

I like Raphael Edward, nn 'Red'!

I would really dislike Rhett though! Not sure why I like the name Red.

Liffey · 06/11/2008 20:58

ps, if you're living in France, it'll be assumed that you're more poncey that 'what u used 2 b" so don't worry about the ponce factor!

cat64 · 06/11/2008 21:05

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