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[Opinions] Seraphina
Is Seraphina pretentious or nice? If I didn't want to use the nickname Sera because of a family member named Sarah, would Sadie work?
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I love Seraphina, but honestly Sadie just ruins it.
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I love Seraphina, and I don't think it's pretentious at all. It's long, but so is Isabella and people use that all the time. :P I think Sadie would be fine. Or Phinney, Phina, Sephy, Raphi, Rina. I love it paired with Opal. "firey opal" :)

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Seraphina is more mysterious than nice or pretentious. I don't think that Sadie would really work as a nickname, but Phina would.
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It's pretty, but I hate Sadie, and don't think it's an intuitive nickname for Seraphina anyway. I don't think there are any good nickname options, actually.
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I think it could work. I know a Saraphine - she goes by Phina or Fina usually. When she was a kid she went by Sara because her parents wanted to spare her teasing but she preferred the whole name anyway. Sadie kind've ruins the bold name Seraphina. I mean, if you are going to go with an elaborate name I feel like you should embrace it, not hide it. Raphi or Rafi might work too. Sina (zeena) would be cute as well, and a legitimate nickname.
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I like Seraphina and I sometimes play around with the idea of using it as a middle name. My favorite combo so far is Alice Anna Seraphina.
I'm not sure Sadie would work. It starts with S just like Seraphina, but that's about it. What about Phina or Phee?
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Sadie is a nickname for Sarah, so I was thinking along those lines. But, judging by comments here, people don't seem to get the connection.
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I recognized the connection, but since Sadie is typically used as a stand alone name these days it seems a jump in practice.
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I love Seraphina, I think it's beautiful. I also like Saraphina and Séraphine.
Sadie as a nn for Seraphina? Nah.
Fina? Seren?

This message was edited 6/10/2016, 3:45 AM

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I think Seraphina is a nice. It may have been pretentious maybe twenty, even ten, years ago but now it fits in with long, elegant girl names such as Isabella, Valentina, Arabella etc.
I don't like Sera and I think Sadie is a HUGE stretch (plus I think it's clunky and ugly takes dramatically away from the beauty of Seraphina).
Yes, Seraphina is a mouthful, especially if you're 3 year old is introducing herself to her preschool classmates. However, a nickname doesn't roll off the tongue either, the only other one that springs to my mind as making sense is Fifi and if you're trying to avoid pretentiousness I'd avoid that too!
Seri might be the only option left, too close to the mobile 'helper' Siri? Maybe, but a young child - which I'm envisaging this being used on - wouldn't care a dot.

This message was edited 6/10/2016, 1:44 AM

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I wouldn't say it's pretentious, so much as it's overbearing. I find it almost creepy. Seraphina and sibs Cherubina and Azrael?
Sadie: No.
Fina: yes.
Sephie, Sepha: maybe.
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Seraphina is gorgeous (I prefer the look of Serafina) and I don't think it's any more pretentious than other long and flowing names such as Arabella or Anastasia. It's too pretty to shorten to Sera (because it sounds like Sara), but if I had to go the nn route, I'd use Fina or perhaps even Seri. Sadie could work, but it would be a stretch, imo.
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Hi !!!I love Seraphina!!
Every variant of this name is beautiful!!For the NN I love Fina!Byeeeeeee
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Seraphina is nice if not my style. It had pretentious potential if paired with something else that gives that vibe, but it coups go either way. Sadie is a stretch, but works.Other nn ideas:
Raffy
Fee/Phi
Sinna
Sephy
Ray
Fina
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