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hithereguyss · 2023-01-20T17:00:13+00:00

What's your thoughts on Raffy please? Thanks

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Daisybuttercup12345 · 07/06/2023 23:55

Not a proper name. OK for a nickname for Rafferty.

ElmTree22 · 07/06/2023 19:16

We have a Rafi in the family, it's a lovely name.

KirstenBlest · 07/06/2023 15:31

@ReeseWitherfork , you're not wrong, seeing at the OP only started the thread and didn't mention being pregnant or having given birth.

I don't know if Raphealla is a typo for Raffaella, or if it's said as Raffella, Raffeh-alla, Raffy-alla...
Don't like it anyway - too frilly

ReeseWitherfork · 07/06/2023 14:59

KirstenBlest · 07/06/2023 11:18

How do you say Raffealla, @Tryingtohelp12 ?
(I'm aware that OP's baby will have a name by now)

Possibly not, little Raffy might be coming into the world any day now!

ReeseWitherfork · 07/06/2023 14:58

I roll my eyes at a lot of these trendy baby names. I find them really wanky (a concept of which I couldn’t explain if I wanted to). But I really like Raffy!

Tryingtohelp12 · 07/06/2023 14:56

Like Raphael-la. They also thought she’d have the option of Ella as she gets older but honestly she already has such a huge personality I thinks Raffie works for her !

lauraslops · 07/06/2023 14:03

I agree that it is a lovely nickname but I would put a longer version on the birth certificate so they have options when an adult. As others have suggested Raphael, Rafe or Rafferty.

KirstenBlest · 07/06/2023 11:18

How do you say Raffealla, @Tryingtohelp12 ?
(I'm aware that OP's baby will have a name by now)

WhereYouLeftIt · 06/06/2023 16:00

Tryingtohelp12 · 06/06/2023 15:48

My niece is Raffie (short for Raffealla) . It wasn’t my fave when I was first told but it grows. I think that’s the case with all names once you get to know the child you love them and can’t imagine anything else! I don’t/didn’t love any of my nieces/nephews names but I can’t imagine them called anything else and they all suit their names!

Yes, but your niece has the option to use her full name where 'Raffie' would be too informal, e.g. in a professional capacity. (Raffealla is lovely.)

It doesn't sound as if the OPs child would have that option.

Tryingtohelp12 · 06/06/2023 15:48

My niece is Raffie (short for Raffealla) . It wasn’t my fave when I was first told but it grows. I think that’s the case with all names once you get to know the child you love them and can’t imagine anything else! I don’t/didn’t love any of my nieces/nephews names but I can’t imagine them called anything else and they all suit their names!

Honeychickpea · 06/06/2023 15:44

I've only seen it spelled as Rafi. Somehow it looks better spelled that way.

Mydogatemypurse · 20/01/2023 18:25

BreviloquentBastard · 20/01/2023 17:05

I've got a donkey called Raffy. Consider how that name would sound on an adult, you're naming a person not a pet.

Awww I love Donkeys, defo an animal rather than human name.

Vinylloving · 20/01/2023 18:23

As a nick name for Rafferty or Raphael absolutely yes, it's lovely - I know one

Cornishmumofone · 20/01/2023 18:11

I taught a lovely Rafi, short for Rafik.

StrychnineInTheSandwiches · 20/01/2023 18:05

You should put Raffles the Gentleman Thief on his birth cert. Raffy for short.

Luredbyapomegranate · 20/01/2023 17:59

I think it’s a fine nn for Raphael or Rafe (or Rafferty if you must) but not a name on its own

Redburnett · 20/01/2023 17:58

I cannot imagine an adult being happy with name Raffy, so perhaps best avoided. It also made me think of Ratty, not a very nice nickname.

RaininSummer · 20/01/2023 17:58

Nice nickname but please use a more dignified full name for the poor child

Viviennemary · 20/01/2023 17:58

. Doesn't even sound like a name, Ok for nickname.

Twoinapod · 20/01/2023 17:56

As a nickname it’s cute for a toddler, as a full name they have to live with, definitely not

NoraVanDoogle · 20/01/2023 17:55

like it 😊

HandsOffMyCarrierBags · 20/01/2023 17:26

Like it

Yesthatismychildsigh · 20/01/2023 17:25

Sandysandwich · 20/01/2023 17:15

It's not my preference, I've seen it as a toddler nickname for Raphael, on its own its a bit childish.
Its sounds like a posh boy nickname like he'd be running around with Biffo, Fenners, Monty and Tuppy. Also sort of reminds me of Raffia drinks coasters

thats odd - I see it as the opposite of posh.

Sandysandwich · 20/01/2023 17:15

It's not my preference, I've seen it as a toddler nickname for Raphael, on its own its a bit childish.
Its sounds like a posh boy nickname like he'd be running around with Biffo, Fenners, Monty and Tuppy. Also sort of reminds me of Raffia drinks coasters

Yesthatismychildsigh · 20/01/2023 17:08

are you sure it’s a name? For a human? It makes me think of a scruffy cat, possibly with bitten off bits of ear and half a tail.