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Saffron

31 replies

Katlow · 09/09/2020 13:22

I'm looking for one syllable names (Thanks for everyones help on my last post!) and I've come across the name Saffron to be shortened to Saff.
I kinda (really) like it but my husband things its, to quote him "chavvy".
Does it sound daft? What would you think if you came across someone called Saffron?

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VenusClapTrap · 14/09/2020 10:58

I like Saffron. I wouldn’t shorten it.

alphabetti · 13/09/2020 21:02

I’m pregnant with a baby girl and was considering Saffron and also calling her Saffie for short. My partner wasn’t so keen so not going with it but it’s a lovely name

RattleOfBars · 11/09/2020 09:22

I like it but it’s a very popular dogs name too!

newmumwithquestions · 10/09/2020 07:43

Oh I wish we’d thought of Saffron! It’s lovely.

Saff is awful.

Twizbe · 10/09/2020 07:41

Surfaces Saffie! Surfaces!!

I'm afraid for me it will always be Saffie Darling ..

SeanCailleach · 10/09/2020 07:32

Not sure why it would be seen as 'bizarre' or even "odd" to think Saffron is middle class. The OP says hèr DH thinks it chavvy. I live in a vair posh village next to a proudly chavvy town I work with hundreds of little kids. The Saffrons are from the villages, not the town.

DrDetriment · 09/09/2020 20:29

Very Ab Fab.
Saf is uber chavy though.

OneRingToRuleThemAll · 09/09/2020 20:04

DD is Saffron. I call her Saff or Saffron. Her friends call her Saffie. She won't allow me to call her Saffie because I'm her mum not her friend.

Standrewsschool · 09/09/2020 20:01

I really like it.

Surprised no-one has mentioned Saffron from Ab Fab.

Saffron
LadyMonicaBaddingham · 09/09/2020 20:00

One syllable, I'd use Bea. Or Dot. Or Kate. But I'd certainly use the longer version of the name (Beatrice, Dorothy, Katherine) on the BC in case your child fancies having an adult name as, you know, an adult...

Thisismytimetoshine · 09/09/2020 19:57

@SeanCailleach

Saffron is middle class. Sappho even more so. Saffiya / Sophia etc is more widely used

I love all of them.

Saffron is middle class... Who on earth told you that? Very bizarre assertion to make.
Topseyt · 09/09/2020 19:56

Ditch the one syllable idea. It won't work.

Saffron is nice. Not so keen on Staff. Saffy is nice enough and that is what it is more likely to get shortened to. Or maybe Sappho, though I think that is more of a diminutive of Sapphire.

Thisismytimetoshine · 09/09/2020 19:56

Saff? Really?!

SummerSummerSummertime · 09/09/2020 19:54

Phron?

SummerSummerSummertime · 09/09/2020 19:54

OMG I LOVE Saffron!

Saf sounds a bit like "Saaaaf London" to my ear.

Saffy is fine though.

SeanCailleach · 09/09/2020 19:48

Saffron is middle class.
Sappho even more so.
Saffiya / Sophia etc is more widely used

I love all of them.

lowlandLucky · 09/09/2020 19:31

Dee is short and sweet

chunkyrun · 09/09/2020 17:52

I think saff is just fine

Lebkuchenlovers · 09/09/2020 17:51

Saffron is ok. I know a lovely one (who never shortens it).

But Saff Shock?

SalvatoreMaroni · 09/09/2020 15:37

I agree with your DH, sorry!

MikeUniformMike · 09/09/2020 15:36

Not keen on Saffron, and it will be Saff.
What do you like about it?

PP suggested Tess, which I think is lovely.

user1493494961 · 09/09/2020 15:09

I agree with your DH, what about Tess.

overwork · 09/09/2020 15:03

Ron?! (Saffron is lovely)

janetmendoza · 09/09/2020 14:58

Saffron is lovely. Saff sounds like a nn for sapphire which I don't like at all.

TomBradysLeftKneecap · 09/09/2020 14:56

The only Saffron, Saff for short, I know is impossibly posh and really lovely.