Hugo or Raphael?

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That really - which would you choose? How important is ‘matching’ their sibling's name to you?

Tom, Bob, Ann, Maria, Mia...

Maria can be mar-eye-ah or mar-ee-ah

@TabloidFootprints , yes, I know, but unless you are choosing to use the Mar-eye-a pronunciation it's pretty much the same everywhere. Mia can be My-a. I think that there's more of a difference between the UK Hugo and the French/Spanish/Portuguese/... Hugos.

Hugo. All the Hugos I've ever met have been lovely. Hugh/Huw is also nice.

Hugh and Huw are not the same name. They don't sound the same either.
They are variants of Hugo .

I have a Hugo. And we nearly called him Raphael 😂 we chose Hugo because we live abroad and it’s pretty universally understood!

Thanks for the thoughts everyone!

@FluffMagnet - I’m guessing Raphael was vetoed ? (Seems to be a few vetoes in this thread!)

@theduchessofspork - I’m in Australia and it’s all about L names - Leo, Lucas, Liam, Leon, etc! Was this UK previously? Sometimes Aus lags behind UK trends… R names are not common at all, Rafferty and Raphael are unheard of here!

@HugoYorway - that’s my hesitation with Hugo, silent H in many Latin languages (we are mixed family) so it’s oo-goh…

@babyproblems - where you are do you feel like Raphael would not have been understood / would have stood out as foreign? We need a name that works across cultures so it’s something to consider

Love them both (helpful).

Hugo is pretty popular though, so I’d go with Raphael. I know 2 20 something Raffertys, but no Raphaels.

Raphael.

Hugo is much nicer

My son is called Raphael and always get lovely compliments on his name. I think it’s timeless.xxx

Hi @DreamJG , sending you a PM!

Raphael is gorgeous. Not keen on Hugo.

@DuckieDodgyHedgyPiggy sending you a PM!