Alfie - what can it be short for please help

[QueenFee]

After going through numerous name books DH and I have finally agreed on 1 and only 1 boys name we both like which is Alfie. However I would prefer to give him a full name rather than just the shortened version but I dislike Alfred. What else could Alfie be short for? If not the Alfie goes on the birth cert if its a boy!

[chequersandchess]

Alfonso?

[wilbur]

Gandalf?

No seriously, I can't really think of anything, but then I love Alfred - dd would have been Alfred / Alfie if she had been a boy.

[Donk]

Aelfric?

[hullygully]

Alfiesteriddo.

[MarkStretch]

Why not just Alf?

[kekouan]

Alfalfa?

sorry.

[hullygully]

Alfiedersehnpet

[girlandboy]

Alphonse

[LuLuBai]

LOL at hullygully!

Alfric (oh! Donk already suggested it AND knew how to spell it correctly)

[kekouan]

ooh..

www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/1/Alfie

[LuLuBai]

It's not quite the same but I really like Aubrey.

[MrsMopple]

Alfred

[MrsMopple]

Ooops! Didn't read your OP properly, sorry!

[onebatmother]

Aelfric, Alfric, Alphonse, Alfonso, Alfredo. Alfapoundatuppenyrice.



I like Alf, too.

[QueenFee]

lol with dh at alfapound!
I have to say none of the above are feeling right to me. He can just shorten it to Alf when he becomes a high court judge or if he feels its too childish. Personally I dont see it as mattering but it would be nice to give him the choice!

[janmoomoo]

If you want to call him Alfie, and will always call him so, just name him Alfie and done worry about the long version.

[Pinkchampagne]

I have an Alfie who is just Alfie

[Pinkchampagne]

Must say, even though my DS is just an Alfie, I do find myself shouting "Alfred!", when he is up to no good!

[QueenFee]

I have a habit of full nameing my 2 when they are terrrorising me!
Just can't get my head round Alfred I just get an image of a really old haggard man - funny how whe have pre conceived ideas about names isn't it.
Do you think Alfie goes better with Cerys (DD) and Finlay (DS) anyway?

[StudentMadwife]

i have an alfie whos just alfie, lovely name

[nappyaddict]

Alfredo, Alfonso, Alphonse

[StubbleOnChin]

Imagine Alfred as a young name, in the school yard, being teased in a jokular manner (as all kids do) then imagine the grandkids saying "Grandad", response "nah call me Alfie". imo it has a youthfullness to it. Trust me, "call me Ernest Ernie". No! spooky enough for me, even without the milk-cart. [btw drinking dregs of Sauvignon]

[Ivvvvyygootscaaared444]

My uncle Bill was Alfred

[annasmami]

I would use Alfred. He can then call himself Alf, Alfie, Fred, Freddie or indeed Alfred. Gives him more choices later on, imo.