Nicknames for Raphael

[bluemoony]

Have fallen for Raphael recently.

I used to prefer Rafael but feel like it is too associated with Spain and Italy which we have no links to and gradually have come to love the PH version more.

I would appreciate peoples opinions and feedback on spellings of nicknames for Raphael out of the following options-

Raffy

Raphy

Raphie

Rapha?

Many thanks

The Raphael I know uses Fally as a nn

The one i knew was rafe. As in ray-f

All the Raphaels I know (five of them) pronounce Raphael RAY-fyul, not Raph-a-yell.

All have the NN Rafe.

Thanks for all your responses! Very helpful.

One of the reasons I asked was to see if anyone would make the link between ‘Raphy / Raphie’ sounding like or looking like ‘Raphe’, a medical term that I would not want a child to be bullied for but I’m glad this association doesn’t seem to be too obvious

Raf is quite a popular name in the Netherlands.

I like Rafi and would probably spell it that way even if the long version was Raphael. In some ways the spelling of a short form is unimportant/flexible, as it's not going to go on any official forms.

I know a Rafi shirt for Raphael (but pronounced Ray-feel, not Raff eye ell).

You're massively overthinking. Not a single person is going to think that.

Raph

I'd say Rafe or Raffy, I love them and also Raphael <3

I had a friend and it always got shortened to Raff or Raffy and any time he met new people they went for the riff raff association and he hated it

I have two family members called Rafael, who go by Rafa/Raf/Rafi. I also like Rafe - it would have been a middle name for any DS I had, alas I only had girls!

The association to rolf harris, which was my immediate thought