Alfie - what can it be short for please help

[QueenFee]

After going through numerous name books DH and I have finally agreed on 1 and only 1 boys name we both like which is Alfie. However I would prefer to give him a full name rather than just the shortened version but I dislike Alfred. What else could Alfie be short for? If not the Alfie goes on the birth cert if its a boy!

Alfonso?

Gandalf?

No seriously, I can't really think of anything, but then I love Alfred - dd would have been Alfred / Alfie if she had been a boy.

Aelfric?

Alfiesteriddo.

Why not just Alf?

Alfalfa?

sorry.

Alfiedersehnpet

Alphonse

LOL at hullygully!

Alfric (oh! Donk already suggested it AND knew how to spell it correctly)

ooh..

www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/1/Alfie

It's not quite the same but I really like Aubrey.

Alfred

Ooops! Didn't read your OP properly, sorry!

Aelfric, Alfric, Alphonse, Alfonso, Alfredo. Alfapoundatuppenyrice.

I like Alf, too.

lol with dh at alfapound!
I have to say none of the above are feeling right to me. He can just shorten it to Alf when he becomes a high court judge or if he feels its too childish. Personally I dont see it as mattering but it would be nice to give him the choice!

If you want to call him Alfie, and will always call him so, just name him Alfie and done worry about the long version.

I have an Alfie who is just Alfie

Must say, even though my DS is just an Alfie, I do find myself shouting "Alfred!", when he is up to no good!

I have a habit of full nameing my 2 when they are terrrorising me!
Just can't get my head round Alfred I just get an image of a really old haggard man - funny how whe have pre conceived ideas about names isn't it.
Do you think Alfie goes better with Cerys (DD) and Finlay (DS) anyway?

i have an alfie whos just alfie, lovely name

Alfredo, Alfonso, Alphonse

Imagine Alfred as a young name, in the school yard, being teased in a jokular manner (as all kids do) then imagine the grandkids saying "Grandad", response "nah call me Alfie". imo it has a youthfullness to it. Trust me, "call me Ernest Ernie". No! spooky enough for me, even without the milk-cart. [btw drinking dregs of Sauvignon]

My uncle Bill was Alfred

I would use Alfred. He can then call himself Alf, Alfie, Fred, Freddie or indeed Alfred. Gives him more choices later on, imo.