Raphael for a boy

[Aliway]

Is the name of my bother in law, dh wants to use this name if we have a baby boy - would it be too out there in the UK?

Not a name I would choose tbh. Am loving the typo BTW

No I don't think so? surely we're multicultural enough?

Lovely name. We almost called DS4 Raphael and we're in the UK.

Rafael, Raphael. Both are good.

I know two Raphaels, both in the UK

One is known as Rav and the other as Raff or Raffy....

Would you be happy if his friends shortened it? To Rafa, for example, or Raffy?

I really like it. I think it would have been a bit oooooh that's foreign in 1972 but now, it'd be fine!

it's lovely.

I take it his surname will be foreign too?

Raphael Smith would sound a bit poncey.

His brother is known as Rafa so I don't mind, I prefer the other 'angel' Gabriel but he's not having it I have 4 months to work it out though We are a multi cultural couple hopefully that might make it work better.

Yes, our surname is/sounds foreign too.

Aaah, I LOVE Gabriel! I used to think it sounded a bit effeminate TBH, since I met a little boy with that name at DS's nursery and he just suits it (and he's not at all girly, just very cute and cool-looking!)

"TILL I met", I mean....doh.

hmm I already have a Gabriel. is it too much to have a Raphael as well?

I have a first cousin called Raphael. But my family is Mexican-American and bi-lingual.

It sounds much better in Spanish, IMO, but he does get called Rafa pretty much all the time.