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Seraphina?

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CharCharBaGOOOOOOORE · 11/10/2008 23:15

Am a bit scared to post in here, have seen the bunfights which ensue! This is a bit premature as we're not planning to ttc for another 10 months. But DP and I were just discussing what names we like. We both like Thomas for a boy so that's sorted. I said I liked Seren for a girl but he's not that keen. But he's said he likes Seraphina. I'm not sure whether it's too unusual. Any opinions?

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eandz · 13/10/2008 22:40

we were going to name our baby Saraphine if it was a girl. But we had a boy.

BlueCowWonders · 13/10/2008 22:38

shot him in the back with an arrow, I think

BlueCowWonders · 13/10/2008 22:38

spoiler alert but didn't Seraphina the witch kill her ex lover at the end of the trilogy because he spurned her?!

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CharCharBaGOOOOOOORE · 13/10/2008 15:41

Well I'm short and petite (please ignore the baby weight! ) and DP is average height and skinny. DD is small and v petite. So maybe we have the right genes for the name And of course we tend not to be covered in animal poo It is a bit long, I agree.

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MatBackFeck · 13/10/2008 15:37

that's true - the one I know is very petite and delicate

ninedragons · 13/10/2008 15:36

Seraphina would be hard to carry off if you ended up a great big galumphing sort of woman with a booming voice and clothes covered in dog hair and chicken poo from your farm. What sort of genes are you and your DH bringing to the mix?

MatBackFeck · 13/10/2008 15:34

There's a girl in ds's swimming class called this and I think it is lovely. Unusual but not too wacky. I like unusual names though. If I had a girl I would consider it, only possible negative is it is a bit long maybe?

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CharCharBaGOOOOOOORE · 13/10/2008 15:32

Wow I totally expected this thread to be 'Noooooooooo, no, no, nooooooooo!' It's definitely grown on me now.

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SheSellsSeashellsByTheSeashore · 13/10/2008 15:29

I like it.

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CharCharBaGOOOOOOORE · 13/10/2008 15:27

Thankyou! Zora is my favourite favourite name so nothing else matches up. She's named after a character from a computer game so not quite as sophisticated as Zora Neale Hurston!

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MrsMattie · 13/10/2008 10:48

I love Zora. I want this name if my current bump becomes a girl, but DH not keen. Did you name her after Zora Neale Hurston?

I like Seraphina, although it does have a slight 'ponce' element to it

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CharCharBaGOOOOOOORE · 12/10/2008 22:41

That is quite cute Rose

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Rose100 · 12/10/2008 22:17

Love Sephie as a shortening.

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CharCharBaGOOOOOOORE · 12/10/2008 21:24

Haven't read Pullman's trilogy, but DP has just given me a smile and admitted that's where he got the name from! He read it the other week. He says she's a good witch. Am torn now, like it but stil worried about ponciness. Lucky I've got plenty of time to decide!

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HeinzEVILSight · 12/10/2008 20:48

I love it!!!! Seraphina's a gorgeous name

ScummyMummy · 12/10/2008 20:47

Serafina Pekala isn't vindictive, BCW!

Almandine · 12/10/2008 19:48
BlueCowWonders · 12/10/2008 19:41

Seraphina - as in the witch in Philip Pullman's trilogy? Sounds nice to me, but she was a vindictive type of witch, wasn't she?!

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CharCharBaGOOOOOOORE · 12/10/2008 19:35

Cat? Barbie? not so good. I like Serena but ideally I want a name that doesn't end with an A (I know i know, Seraphina ends with an A, but I only started the thread so everyone would say it was awful and I could show it to DP, I didn't expect it to grow on me! ) Doesn't necessarily need to be similar to Seraphina, but I do like names to be moderately unusual i.e. don't know anyone called it but wouldn't get laughed at at school. Not picky am I!

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MUMBLEB · 12/10/2008 19:19

lol yeah it was the cat . My dd had that DVD It was in The princess and the pauper and barbie played Annelise thats a nice name

mrswoolf · 12/10/2008 19:12

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Katisha · 12/10/2008 19:09

Semolina?

MrsBadger · 12/10/2008 18:57

Selina?

misdee · 12/10/2008 18:51

Serena!

not enough of them in teh world lol.

AprilMeadow · 12/10/2008 18:48

Lovely name, but then i know a lovely little girl who is called that.