Formal names that give the nickname Alfie?

[PuppyLoves]

Is alfred our only option?

[hulabula]

Alfred is the most obvious one imo, yes.

[belgo]

What about just Alf?

[Cies]

Alfonse?

[belgo]

Alfonse is good or Alfonso

[hulabula]

Alfredo if you want a Spanish ring to it .

[jellybeans]

Just Alf or Alfie is fine. Alfred abit too old man.

[petitmaman]

Not an obvious one but i have a friend who is alistair and all his friens call him alfie

[BonsoirAnna]

Aelfric Ailfrid Alfeo Alfredas Alfric Alfrick Alfrid Alfried Alfris Alfryd Alured Auveray Avere Avery Elfric Elfrick Elfrid Alfred

[BitOfFun]

Albus, as in Dumbledore? I suppose that gives Albie though, but that's just as cute.

[FranSanDisco]

My Great Uncle is called Arthur but everyone calls hims Alf or Alfie.

[MamaLazarou]

What's wrong with just Alfie?

[Cadelaide]

Adolph?

[PuppyLoves]

Really like Arthur. I wonder if we could get away with that. Would people think it strange his nickname was Alfie?

[screamingabdab]

Alfalfa

[Cadelaide]

My friend's boy is just Alfie. If that's what you love couldn't you have just that? Does it have to be a shortening of something?

[sobloodystupid]

Alphonsus

[CaptainDJ]

OP, I think it's good that you are going to have a formal name. My husband is in recruitment and says it comes across as a bit cheesy/ unprofessional when people only have their dimuniuitive names (Charlie, Freddie, etc) Some people choose names which are cute until their kids grow up and then just seem a bit mad!

[PuppyLoves]

CaptainDJ that is very much my thinking. I believe that assumptions are made based on names, job applications being an example. Best to arm him with a formal name IMO

[mopsyflopsy]

Agree that dimuniuitive names are cute for toddlers but not so for grown up men (and women!).

I think Alfred would be most likely/easily shortened to Alf or Alfie.

Arthur would be shortened to Art (if at all, as it rolls off the tongue easily enough imo).

[notsoteenagemum]

I would disagree there are lots of adults today with names that were once only diminutives, Kate or Chris for example but they have become names in their own right and you wouldn't bat an eyelid. Having a diminutive name didn't stop Tony Blair being Prime Minister.
If Alfie is the name you want then why call him anything else? I have an Alfie and DD has a shortened name they have formal middle names though Robert George and Hanna Mary.

[hughsieoxf]

Tony Blair's name is Anthony Anthony Charles Lynton. I think it is important to have a formal name for formal purposes. Personally I would take an Edward more seriously than an Eddie, or an Ed. If you hate a name, there's not much point giving tour child it just to get a cute nick name, but if you like the formal one, I'm sure the child will appreciate more options in later life.

[FioFioFio]

I called my daughter a shortened version of a name but tbh I think it is a name in its own right