Thoughts on Rafe?

[IHate]

Just that, really. I know that the properly ‘U’ spelling is ‘Ralph’, but we’re not that posh and I don’t want him having to explain it for the rest of his life!

So, Rafe (for a boy). Please let me know what you think.

i like it

Rayf, Raif and Raiph are hideous.

This. I'm not posh either but I like correct spelling.

It's a good job you don't live near me - there are fields of the stuff.

I don't get this at all.
Rafe is a perfectly normal, very old English name. There are 2 in my family tree in the 1600s.
Why is that considered incorrect?

Rafe (name) - Wikipedia

I know a Rafe (as in laugh) and it's short for Rafael. His mum is Spanish. I like it in this case.

Ralph is a totally different name.

“Rafe (for a boy)”

you are already having to clarify. Absolutely NO from me

How about Raphael or Rafael as an alternative?

I know a Rafe, he is a sweet lad but his DM frequently has to repeat herself when she tells people his name. She had to with me at first because I thought she said Rape.

I cant find a clip but there was a sketch in Little Britain with the overbearing stage mum and her boy Ralph ("It's RAFE!")

This probably sums it up op.

It seems mildly problematic in the sense that some people think it should be Ralph, some people think it sounds or looks like rape etc, and so for all those reasons I wouldn't personally use it.

But ultimately it isn't so weird it is going to raise eyebrows. It's not actually weird, just not some people's cup of tea.

I like it - especially as a shortening of Rafael.

in the US it is. but I think in the UK it's pronounced Rafe.

A colleague has a Rafe, I quite like it.