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Raphaelle/Raphael

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EllenDegenerate · 19/05/2016 17:32

I think I've decided on this.

The variation will depend on sex of the baby (team yellow)

Do you like it better than Alabama? Grin

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RiverCambs · 24/05/2016 19:42

Can't stop laughing at Rastus.

Alabama is bloody awful though Hmm

umiaisha · 24/05/2016 14:37

DD (15 months) is Raphaella. Although more often referred to as Rafi, Riff-Raff and Rifter (last two by her older siblings!)

I think its a great choice obviously!

albertcampionscat · 22/05/2016 05:54

I stand corrected Frances.

KoalaDownUnder · 22/05/2016 01:49

Rastus is also a short version of the old English name Erastus.

FrancisdeSales · 21/05/2016 16:05

Our 15 yr old dd is Raphaela and yes it is the correct spelling in Germany and English speaking nations.

She is known as Raffa for a nn (given by friends not us Smile)

Artandco · 21/05/2016 10:01

Raphael Stanley Quinn

I don't like Raphaelle but like Raphaela

Raphaela Maria Rosalie

RedOnHerHedd · 21/05/2016 09:35

I love Raphael and Raffaella. They're lovely names. Much better than Alabama imo OP. Smile

RedOnHerHedd · 21/05/2016 09:32

Showofhands phew! Glad it was just an autocorrect problem. I was worried that you didn't know what it meant, end up calling him it in public somewhere and facing some angry people. Autocorrect hates us sometimes! Blush

albertcampionscat · 21/05/2016 09:14

FWIW, Raffaella is a proper Italian name - the other spellings aren't. They may well be names in Spanish or Portuguese of course.

Barefootcontessa84 · 21/05/2016 08:17

I like Raphael for a boy, but think it would be unkind to lumber a girl with what is essentially a boy's name. I have lived with a difficult name and she won't thank you for it.

ShowOfHands · 21/05/2016 08:15

Okay. I apologise to my auto correct. Apparently Rastus IS a known baby name. And also a perjorative term in America.

ShowOfHands · 21/05/2016 07:52

Bloody hell. Auto correct at its finest. Raphus. We call him Raphus! I've never even heard of Rastus. Maybe my auto correct is racist?

RedOnHerHedd · 21/05/2016 00:46

Rastus/Rastas is an extremely racist term. I'd feel very uncomfortable hearing someone call anyone that. I'd have a google of what it means if you haven't already.

ShowOfHands · 21/05/2016 00:19

I have a Raphael who loves his name. We call him Rafi/Rafa/Rastus.

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EllenDegenerate · 21/05/2016 00:15

Lol@squoosh!

No i dont believe it was that Marie Rose, just some latter day pastiche Wink

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squoosh · 20/05/2016 15:38

Ellen by any chance is your Dad ever so slightly older than average and did he sail on Henry VIII's Marie Rose?

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EllenDegenerate · 20/05/2016 14:11

Haha abitasleep Marie Rose are my middle names which I would pass along to my daughter.

I was named after the first ship my Dad sailed on in the Navy. Not prawn cocktail sauce Smile

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dailymaillazyjournos · 20/05/2016 14:02

Beautiful and timeless names. Love them both.

ABitAsleep · 20/05/2016 13:56

Alabama is awful sorry Confused

Raphaelle for a girl sounds too similar to Raphael for me, and therefore too masculine, but i love Raphaella

i also wouldn't go with Marie Rose as the middle names, i imediatley thought of Marie Rose Sauce (ie, the sauce that comes on prawn cocktails Confused) Perhaps either choose one or swap the order?

KoalaDownUnder · 20/05/2016 10:52

Good names. Way better than Alabama!

Porcupinetree · 20/05/2016 09:50

I just have to add that Alabama Raphaelle sounds pretty good...

Pipilangstrumpf · 20/05/2016 08:45

Love Raphael and Raphaelle (although also prefer Raphaella).

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EllenDegenerate · 20/05/2016 08:43

Love Nathaniel!

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julfin · 20/05/2016 08:22

Benjamin Frederick Sebastian Rufus Zachary Isaac Nathaniel Joshua Lucus Caleb Tobias Christopher?

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EllenDegenerate · 20/05/2016 08:06

Eden Leonard Patrick and Reuben John Steven.

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