Seraphina

[alexisfaith]

Do you like the name Seraphina for a girl? Nickname would be Fina.

Any similar names you prefer?

I like it.
I have a friend who is married to an Italian man and has a son called Seraphino, but I actually prefer the female version.

Never heard the male version before, thanks Ruth. My DH is half italian and Catholic, so St Serafina is the inspiration.

Fina makes me think oil company.

I love this.

Lovely. I wouldn't shorten it, I think Seraphina rolls off the tongue easily.

Gorgeous, this is my chosen name if we ever have another daughter. My NN of choice would be Seffi.

I love it. My daughter really wants us to name DC3 this. But I suspect that others will shorten it to Sera whether I like it or not. It's just a but too long for everyday. I have a DD with a four syllable name and have managed to resist others shortening (just) but Seraphina is a bit trickier to say. Just a thought..

I love it, Serafina would be my favourite spelling. It's the name of a witch queen in Philip Pullman's Northern Lights trilogy.

Love it. We nearly called DD2 Serafina but she looked more of a Teodora but it is still top of the list if we have another DD!

Love it, unusual- but not too much so! ..if that makes sense! x

one of my dd's is Seraphina, never been shortened yet, but would chose Phin of Nina. :)

I like it very much but prefer Seraphine.

Seraphina is beautiful - Fina makes me want to pull out teeth.

beautiful - could shorten to fee?

we were going to call dd Seraphine, nn Rafi.

she didn't look like a Seraphine when she was born so she is Esme instead.

We've got a Serafina, we call her Fina or Fi, her mates call her Sera np Seri. You do get misspellings and mispronunciations but we love it and so does she.

Lovely! Wish dh had let me use this, though dd2 doesn't look like a seraphina.

Love it, though there are a couple round here seems to be getting popular

Seraphim and cherubim.

Was that a hymn?

Pretty, but prefers Seraphine, less "fussy".
I nearly had a Seraphine too, but it was too theme-ish with our oldest DD.
She has it as a middle name instead.

I like Seraphima (Fima) better. It is an ancient slavic name and is very rare these days.

Was on my shortlist.
Love it.