Raphael?

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Do you like it?

Would it just become Ralph to everyone? I'm not a fan of Ralph

Have a good friend in France called raphael. It is shortened to Raph (Raf). Love the name but didn't want to use it as I didn't want to name ds after my friend iyswim

DH thinks we should definitely go for this name. The only reservation I have left is will poor DS spend the rest of his life being asked if he has mediterranean roots, which I suspect would become quite boring and irritating after a while

What do you think?

I've got some friends, Aussie couple, with a boy called Luca. They don't get asked this question - like I said in a previous post, I think that all the national boundaries are pretty blurred these days. Globalisation blah blah blah ... no one bats an eyelid

Lovely name- classic with good options for nns too.

Love it
I know a German Raphael

Really lovely name - I think it is quite a smart name IYKWIM (e.g. Rafe on The Apprentice!) though think that was Raef which may have been abbrev of something entirely dif. Does it work with your surname?

Quackquack, he's called Richie. But rafa would suit him, he's got a mop of golden curls. If I'd known!

btw, if you spell it Raphael, with ph, then why would anyone assume you must be Spanish or Italian?

Love it, especially Rafe.

i love Raphael.
but I already have a Gabriel, so a Raphael might be a bit much lol

margot, I want to call db3 Richey, but dp is not keen grrr

Love it

we know a baby Raphael known as Rafa

'tis Biblical: book of Tobit. One of three main archangels along with Michael and Gabriel.
The 'El' bit means God. He is also the patron saint of travellers.
Great name! (ds1's middle name).