Rafe/Raphael/Rafferty

[nasara]

Still on a quest for our perfect boys' name!

I do like all three but have a slight reservation on each:

Rafe - I like it because it's short and snappy, but think I prefer the long a sound of the other two.

Raphael - I love the nn potentials, but not sure it goes with my last name (Mi tchell)

Rafferty - again, I love the nn potentials, but perhaps this one is a bit surnamey and a bit of a celeb copy cat

What do you think?

[ThingsThatShine]

I love Rafe

On a similar note what about Gabe (Gabriel) or Nate (Nathaniel)

[smokeandglitter]

I love Raphael, don't think you need a link to anything except liking it, it isn't hard to pronounce or spell and doesn't sound like anything funny/rude here. Lots of names come from different backgrounds, I know lots of Cassandra's that aren't Greek!

[nasara]

I think we've done our thinking and Raphael/Rafe have gone to the reject end of the list - this is so hard!

Thanks, ThingsThatShine, I do like both those names but they both end in the same sound as my last name, so would be a bit rhymey.

[Randomeclectic]

Raphael with the nickname rafe

[Hulafox]

All lovely! Rafa and Rafi lovely nicknames. Hard to choose between Rafe and Raphael but I guess the latter gives him moe options in the future.

[maggiethemagpie]

Rafe sounds like someone who can't say Ralph properly. Raphael I'm not too sure about it. I quite like Rafferty, an obvious nn would be Raff though.

[Alisvolatpropiis]

Rafe is generally how Ralph is pronounced in the UK. Ralph Fiennes didn't make it up at random.

[Onesleeptillwembley]

It's Ralph up here, Alis. Maybe a regional thing.

[DiamondsAndRust]

Raphael with NN Rafe. So much nicer than Rafferty, which is celeb-trendy and faddy IMO. Raphael is lovely, and goes well with Mitchell.

[Alisvolatpropiis]

Oh don't get me wrong it makes me that Ralph is somehow also Rafe, apparently. Makes no sense!