We have [name_m]Serafin[/name_m] (nn [name_m]Fin[/name_m]) [name_m]Samuel[/name_m] named after his great grandfathers on respective sides of the family. My husband’s family has a history of angelic names and whatever the name is needs to work in English and Spanish. [name_m]Little[/name_m] dude number 2 is due in [name_f]April[/name_f] and we are seriously struggling. [name_u]Michael[/name_u] and [name_m]Rafael[/name_m] are off of the table as they are taken by family members. [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m] is the obvious answer, but neither of us can get past [name_m]Gabe[/name_m] as a nickname, which we hate. We are out of ideas and could use some help.
Such a shame because [name_m]Raphael[/name_m] would be so perfect with [name_m]Serafin[/name_m]! [name_m]Fin[/name_m] and [name_u]Rafe[/name_u] or [name_m]Fin[/name_m] and [name_f]Rafa[/name_f]!
Other ideas…
[name_u]Ariel[/name_u]
[name_m]Uriel[/name_m]
[name_m]Azrael[/name_m]
[name_m]Cassiel[/name_m]
[name_m]Serafin[/name_m] is lovely. Are you looking for another angel name? Corpus Areopagiticum, for example, lists [name_u]Michael[/name_u], [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m], [name_m]Raphael[/name_m], [name_m]Uriel[/name_m], Camael, Jophiel and Zadkiel as the names of the seven archangels. [name_m]Uriel[/name_m] and Camael are probably the most usable.
I don’t think [name_m]Adriel[/name_m] is an angelic name (though it is Biblical), but it has that angelic “-iel” ending, and I love the sound of it with [name_m]Serafin[/name_m].
A few others that haven’t been mentioned are [name_m]Castiel[/name_m], Zophiel and Zephon (an angel in Paradise Lost)
What do you think of [name_m]Cassiel[/name_m]? It is a Latin name meaning “angel of [name_m]Saturday[/name_m]” and I think [name_m]Fin[/name_m] and [name_u]Cass[/name_u] would be great together!
Other [name_m]Saint[/name_m] names you might like (all from this list 147 Saints' Names For Boys | Nameberry)
[name_m]Adrian[/name_m]
[name_m]Diego[/name_m]
[name_m]Emmanuel[/name_m]
[name_u]Elias[/name_u]
[name_m]Maximilian[/name_m]
[name_u]Noel[/name_u]
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]
I don’t know much about saint names but after a little google searching:
[name_m]Vincent[/name_m]
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
[name_m]Amias[/name_m]
[name_m]Conrad[/name_m]
[name_m]Augustine[/name_m]
[name_m]Benedict[/name_m]
[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m]
[name_m]Thaddaeus[/name_m]
[name_m]Dominic[/name_m]
[name_m]Ignatius[/name_m]
[name_m]Lorenzo[/name_m]
[name_u]Elias[/name_u]
[name_m]Felix[/name_m]
Zephyrius
[name_m]Matthias[/name_m]