Serafina?

[kdanielle]

What do you guys think of this name?

Love it! It's on my list of hypothetical future children's names!

Pekkala! Fab name, but would always associate it with HDM.

@Kitkat151

Needs to be with a ph..... don’t personally like it......but don’t hate it

Really doesn’t need to be with ph at all. Serafina is correct As I said Serafina Di Dio

Unless you live in a country where "f" is typically used instead "ph" (as in Sofia and Josefine), I'd spell it as the more well known Seraphina. It's a nice enough name - perhaps slightly frilly, but it has a pretty sound (and also cute nn options in Sera, Effie and Sephie).

@IamnotwhouthinkIam

Unless you live in a country where "f" is typically used instead "ph" (as in Sofia and Josefine), I'd spell it as the more well known Seraphina. It's a nice enough name - perhaps slightly frilly, but it has a pretty sound (and also cute nn options in Sera, Effie and Sephie).

How are you getting Effie from Serafina?

How do you get Finn from it? Am I pronouncing it incorrectly (in my head, as I don’t know anyone called it). Is it not Serapheena/Serafeena?

Seriously? You’d give a child with the fabulous name Serafina a nickname which is one of the most common boys’ names of the moment?

Stop press! Someone has a different opinion to you! How could that happen?

On mn people list diminutives that bear no relation to the name
Finn really is unrelated to serafina as is Effie.
Last week it was Mac nn for Malachy

How are you getting Effie from Serafina?

The same way Effie is sometimes used as a nn for Ophelia and Josephine. If there's an "f" or "ph" sound in a multisyllable name then Effie's current popularity/trendiness will generally make it a viable nn choice (doesn't matter that it was originally a nn for Euphemia, that's rarely used now).

Lovely, I had a cousin Seraphina - it’s usually spelt with a ph in the UK - you will get less misspellings that way.

... she was always called by her full name.

@Ohyesiam

Seriously? You’d give a child with the fabulous name Serafina a nickname which is one of the most common boys’ names of the moment?

Stop press! Someone has a different opinion to you! How could that happen?

Way to miss the point of my post.

Really nice. Also his dark materials reference for me :) I'm another who thinks it looks nicer with a ph

And Sephy is a lovely nickname that can be used with it

I love it. Prefer it with the f spelling as well

Lovely. I would spell ph if you have only British heritage.

I like it. It does immediately make me think of his dark materials, but I like that.

I think I prefer with an f.

I quite like it, though spelt Seraphina. There's also Seren - Welsh for 'star' if you want something with a similar sound which is less of a mouthful. Serena is also very nice.

I love it.

Lovely, the one I knew was called Sera

I really like it and I like the Serafina spelling, like in HDM, and Serafina of God.

I love it, especially spelled with the F

Ph

Love it, especially spelled with an f