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Seraphina - what do you think

37 replies

bunsandroses · 25/04/2010 20:01

I love the name but have had a very mixed response, lots of people think it is pretentious but i think its beautiful - what do you think?

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fabhead · 25/04/2010 20:49

I agree - might have been the case in our day but nowadays every school has a host of "unusual names" - particularly international names, and the kids don't even notice the difference. Or care in my experience.

usualsuspect · 25/04/2010 20:49

I'm with greensleeves my dcs all went to state schools with friends from all cultures and races ,the names of their class mates were very wide ranging ..no one gave a toss really

APassionateWoman · 25/04/2010 20:48

I like it. I prefer Seraphine, though.

Very pretty either way.

Greensleeves · 25/04/2010 20:47

that's a bag'o'shite IMO Ewe

most state schools are full of kids with unusual and exotic names, especially schools in multicultural areas

this obsession with children needing to be protected from future bullies by being given nondescript names is bonkers

Ewe · 25/04/2010 20:45

I think it is pretty but could be seen as trying a bit too hard, would also be quite hard to pull off unless very beautiful I think.

If you'll be privately educating I would be less concerned and more confident in using it.

Greensleeves · 25/04/2010 20:45

or Fifi

Greensleeves · 25/04/2010 20:44

it's beautiful, and not pretentious IMO

any such associations would quickly disappear once the name had a little girl attached anyway

I would use Fina for nn though

fabhead · 25/04/2010 20:43

I'm the same, I think it is gorgeous but very open to pretentiousness claims, but so what? - same with Persephone (tho the Percy Phone thing would worry me). If I had a girl I'd be tempted to use it and just make sure we always lived in pretentious places . There is one in my ds's swimming class, they call her sephy (seffy) for short - she is lovely.

I think you may just be ahed of the curve here and get away with it - slightly more common and it might lose the pretentiousness - go for it!

SirBoobAlot · 25/04/2010 20:16

I think it is pretentious - but I love it.

hulabula · 25/04/2010 20:10

You're probably going to get exactly the same response, some people will love it, others will find it posh/pretentious. I happen to love it!

bigstripeytiger · 25/04/2010 20:09

I think its beautiful.

Irons · 25/04/2010 20:09

It's lovely