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in reply to a message by abbasdaughter
1 thing for my generation and some around it would be that the name Raffy would bring back memories of Raffy records (yes, records) with "Baby Beluga" and other songs he recorded.
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This is why I didn't mention Raphy hahaha
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The singer spells it Raffi.
I think it's not that uncommon as a childhood nick for Raphael, esp. in other parts of the world where Raphael might be more common. It seems extremely unlikely that people would think that was a negative connection. The nickname of the 4 year old Raphael "Raffy" I know might make people say to themselves, Oh, now I get it, Raffi the singer is short for Raphael! but it certainly isn't worth mentioning as a connection since they call him Raphael much of the time and it's obviously a short form of Raphael. I'd think that when Raphael is old enough to get annoyed by people singing Raffi songs at him, his would-be teasers would be way too cool to sing Raffi songs out loud anyway.
Anyway, I'd call my son Raffy if his name was Raphael. YMMV
I think it's not that uncommon as a childhood nick for Raphael, esp. in other parts of the world where Raphael might be more common. It seems extremely unlikely that people would think that was a negative connection. The nickname of the 4 year old Raphael "Raffy" I know might make people say to themselves, Oh, now I get it, Raffi the singer is short for Raphael! but it certainly isn't worth mentioning as a connection since they call him Raphael much of the time and it's obviously a short form of Raphael. I'd think that when Raphael is old enough to get annoyed by people singing Raffi songs at him, his would-be teasers would be way too cool to sing Raffi songs out loud anyway.
Anyway, I'd call my son Raffy if his name was Raphael. YMMV
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I'd think that when Raphael is old enough to get annoyed by people singing Raffi songs at him, his would-be teasers would be way too cool to sing Raffi songs out loud anyway.
lol
lol
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On the spelling of Raffi, I know it isn't spelled Raphy, but if I were to use the nn, that's probably how I'd spell it.
And I'm not actually concerned that a child called Raphy would be constantly annoyed by Raffi comments lol. I just don't like the nickname because Raffi is my own association with it. Raffi doesn't inspire me to have a son with the same nickname haha.
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