Rafe?

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Like or dislike?

I know a lovely little 2 yr old Ralph (pronounced Rafe) so am biased.

It is Ralph Trying Hard to be something it's not.

Raphael shortened is better.

I like it, but spelt Ralph, do agree however that people would pronounce it R a l f. I suppose that once they know how to pronounce it then that will be the end of the matter.

Word of warning: when I asked for a consenseus of opinion on the name once (though do add it was pre-Apprentice Ralph) my friends fell about laughing quite uncontrollably_

Disenchanted, what a wierd post. I have just googled the family, and my spelling is correct. What an odd thing to make of their name.

I would really love to know what makes a name "pretentious" or "chavvy". I really wish that people would just stick to statements such as "I like it" or "I wouldn't name my child that", without imputing some kind of universal value judgment on things. It's one person's opinion, not a statement of fact.

Anyway, I reckon that 1940s names such as Ralph and Virginia are (over)due a revival. All the decades around them have been.

Its my ds's name so obviously I like it. There are different ways of spelling it due to there being different names with the same pronunciation with Germanic, Arabic and Hebrew roots. I've never quite understood what is meant by too posh.

Whats wrong with being posh?

I like it.