Seraphina - what do you think

[bunsandroses]

I love the name but have had a very mixed response, lots of people think it is pretentious but i think its beautiful - what do you think?

Lovely name.

It is a lovely name, I really like it.

It is lovely - and sweet as Sephy or Fifi too.

Very nice. I also like Serena.

Beautiful name - but why on G-d's sweet earth are parents always searching for "cute" nicknames? This is a beautiful name - why cheapen it by making the poor girl sound like a discount brand of detergent?

I have a Seraphina, and she is often called Sephy by her younger siblings. Obviously I think it is a gorgeous name or I would not have chosen it! I would never care what other people think of a name I have chosen, as long as I love it myself!!

I have a Serafina, Fina or Fi at home & Serry to her friends. We love the name but millions of people WILL misspell / mispronounce it. Even if corrected.

I adore Seraphina and Seraphine but was put off because I couldn't think of good nns for it. I'm now thinking about putting it back on the shortlist

I'm surprised how positive the response here has been to the name as I thought everyone (except me) would think it over-the-top/pretentious.

Would you pronounce 'phine' of Seraphine as 'fin' or 'feen'?

Skihorse, the nn thing isn't about cuteness for me, it's because most long names are likely to be shortened and then DC could be stuck with a name you don't actually like at all.

It's lovely, but I think Seraphine is better.

I used it as middle name for DD2(was afraid it was too daring and was a bit OTT with her older sister name who is also angel related).

Seraphina is lovely, Seraphine is wet and wishy washy. The 'a' makes a big difference.

Agree the 'a' makes a difference - Seraphine is nicer