Opinions on the name Rafferty please?

[seethebeauty]

Hey, I would be grateful for opinions on the name Rafferty for a boy, please. My husband and I are having a massive difference of opinion on this one - I think it's 'cool' but he thinks it's 'posh' and we cannot see where the other is coming from at all! Any thoughts on who is right?

Thank you!

[MikeUniformMike]

Rafferty is used as a first name. Jude Law and Sadie Frost have a son called Rafferty, and I believe that Carter is used as a first name.
I'm not keen on either.
Carter could be replaced by Van Driver for a more modern take.

[Lauren0rder]

Love love love it

[JungWan]

That's a sur name that lends itself very well to a translation. I like it more now I've seen it written down in its original Irish form.

@mikeuniformmike, I love van driver, are you Dutch

[Deadringer]

Try hard and naff is what first popped into my head too, sorry. Love Rafe though.

[MikeUniformMike]

Thank you @JungWan. No, but a carter was someone who drove a cart.
You could have Van Huyer (in a dutch accent).

[JungWan]

lol that is brilliant!
I read it in a flat dubin accent van hoire

[MikeUniformMike]

Or Van Rentl?

[lynmilne65]

Gerry

[choli]

Unless it is a family name like a grandmother's maiden surname or similar it sounds pretentious rather than posh.

[rraaffff]

hay im a rafferty of 16 years. during my time as a rafferty I've found my name unique but not so unique that I come off as a price. The nickname of Raff comes quite naturally with this name and I enjoy the shortened Raff nickname. Rafferty also when being yelled at a child who gets called Raff all the time makes me jump in fear (a move my mum uses quite often) hope your child enjoys the name if you end up deciding on it. 10/10 wicked name.

[rraaffff]

Raffertys a wicked name. ive been a rafferty for 16 years now and the nickname of Raff comes very naturally which is unique enough to the point where I'm the only person I now with the name but not unique enough where I come off as a douchebag. 10/10 wicked name I hope you chose it :)

[Whatsyourflava]

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Useful to get your thoughts though @rraaffff

Raffy as a nickname is much more common these days as increasing number of Rafferty Raphael Rafe Raffy Ralph names getting shortened to Raff or similar . Nice name xx

[RuthW]

Love it. We nearly chose it for our last dog but called him Ramsey instead.

[itsjakeandamy]

I like it.
I think it would have been seen as posh in the 70s and 80s but now is definitely not.

[MikeUniformMike]

I think it's 'cool' but he thinks it's 'posh'
It's neither. It will be Raff and is downmarket.

[LittleTiger007]

I like it a lot.
The fact is that if some members of your friends/family don’t like it they will love your son and so they will learn to love the name attached to your son. Plus it’s your choice, you will say the name daily and you have to love it.

[GreenJellyBean]

My instant impression of the name is posh, i personally like the sound but would definitely become ‘Raff’ which I don’t think sounds great

[rraaffff]

GreenJellyBean ur dumb as hell the nickname raff has been the best part of having the name Rafferty. you can shove ur instant reaction up ur ass

[Cecelori]

I love it 'sorry everyone else' but yeah if shortened to raffy I love

[MadamBatty]

McGillicuddy, O’Looney or Hoare are much nicer if you want you to use an Irish family name as a given name.

[AcrobaticCardigan]

Love it! Also love Raff for short.

[Garcellesaidwhaaat]

Not keen. In the same bracket as Bodhi and Arabella for me.
Names for children with very soft spoken mums who wear long white lace dresses with flared sleeves, hair in bird nests of bleach blonde with a plait crown on top and when their kid throws sand in the air on top people's picnics she says "you mustn't do that poppet, it isn't very lovely of you is it."

[Garcellesaidwhaaat]

That or the mum is working class aspiring to be middle class and thinks that's a good name to choose.

[GypsiesNeverSettle]

July 10 1998 my son Rafferty Orion 'surname x intentional'
We call him Raffe or Rafferty...he loves his name! Everyone he meets compliments him. We regret nothing and he is a wonderful young man now with his own child💫💕 The name Rafferty could be any occupation all the way to President..his nick name Raffe allows for totally unique character...and that he is! Shlanche 🍻

[sufferinsuccertash]

Doesn’t sound posh (or not posh) to me.
Does sound a bit like a surname.
Rafe sounds posh to me (and I like it 😁)