Romantic, maximalist names to match Raphael?

Hi all (again!)

Hope you’re doing well!

In the third and final part of this week’s Let Us Name Your Baby, Emma and Dean are looking for the perfect name for a sibling to older brother Raphael Florian.

They want to avoid anything too popular or too theme-y (so no Leonardo), but still work well with Raphael!

Brynn @Kipperbo1 defines the style as ‘romantic and maximalist’ and has some brilliant ideas here:

But what would you name a brother or sister to Raphael Florian?

Single names and combos very welcome :heart:

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[name_m]Barnaby[/name_m] [name_m]Pascal[/name_m]
[name_m]Crispin[/name_m] [name_m]Horatio[/name_m]
[name_m]Gregor[/name_m] [name_m]Magnus[/name_m]
[name_m]Tybalt[/name_m] [name_m]Amadeus[/name_m]
[name_m]Emlyn[/name_m] [name_m]Artemas[/name_m]

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[name_m]Raphael[/name_m] [name_m]Florian[/name_m] is an absolutely beautiful combo. A lot of great suggestions were already given, but I can’t pass this up. I admire this naming style so much.

Some suggestions to match [name_m]Raphael[/name_m] -

Boys: [name_m]Alistair[/name_m], [name_m]Augustine[/name_m], [name_m]Cassian[/name_m], [name_m]Barnaby[/name_m], [name_m]Balthazar[/name_m], [name_m]Earnest[/name_m], [name_m]Endymion[/name_m], [name_m]Finnegan[/name_m], [name_m]Hawthorne[/name_m], [name_m]Horatio[/name_m], [name_m]Humphrey[/name_m], [name_m]Ignatius[/name_m], [name_m]Leonidas[/name_m], [name_m]Ludovico[/name_m], [name_m]Maxwell[/name_m], [name_m]Montgomery[/name_m], [name_m]Peregrine[/name_m], [name_m]Phineas[/name_m], [name_m]Sinclair[/name_m], [name_m]Walter[/name_m], [name_m]Wolfgang[/name_m]

Girls: [name_f]Albertine[/name_f], [name_f]Bernadette[/name_f], [name_f]Cordelia[/name_f], [name_f]Clotilde[/name_f], [name_f]Gwyneth[/name_f], [name_f]Harriet[/name_f], [name_f]Helena[/name_f], [name_f]Leonora[/name_f], [name_f]Matilda[/name_f], [name_f]Paloma[/name_f], [name_f]Philomena[/name_f], [name_f]Prudence[/name_f], [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f], [name_f]Rosamund[/name_f], [name_f]Tabitha[/name_f], [name_f]Thomasin[/name_f]

With [name_m]Raphael[/name_m] [name_m]Florian[/name_m], I think I’d do…

[name_f]Amelie[/name_f] [name_f]Delphine[/name_f], [name_f]Cressida[/name_f] [name_f]Lucille[/name_f], [name_f]Cassandra[/name_f] [name_f]Leonie[/name_f] or [name_f]Isadora[/name_f] [name_f]Solange[/name_f]

[name_m]Caspian[/name_m] [name_m]Vincent[/name_m], [name_m]Sylvan[/name_m] [name_m]Leander[/name_m] or [name_m]Valentine[/name_m] [name_m]Hugo[/name_m]

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@miloowen I love [name_m]Barnaby[/name_m] [name_m]Pascal[/name_m], [name_m]Crispin[/name_m] [name_m]Horatio[/name_m] and [name_m]Emlyn[/name_m] [name_m]Artemas[/name_m] :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

@readingreverie it’s a beautiful name, right!
[name_m]Barnaby[/name_m], [name_m]Balthazar[/name_m], [name_m]Earnest[/name_m], [name_m]Hawthorne[/name_m], [name_m]Horatio[/name_m], [name_m]Ignatius[/name_m], [name_m]Phineas[/name_m], [name_m]Peregrine[/name_m], [name_f]Cordelia[/name_f], [name_f]Leonora[/name_f], [name_f]Paloma[/name_f], [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f], [name_f]Thomasin[/name_f] and [name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] are fabulous!

[name_m]Earnest[/name_m] [name_m]Barnaby[/name_m] and [name_m]Phineas[/name_m] [name_m]Balthazar[/name_m] maybe? [name_m]Or[/name_m] [name_f]Paloma[/name_f] [name_f]Rosamund[/name_f] :heart:

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I could see…

[name_f]Marceline[/name_f]
[name_f]Alessia[/name_f]
[name_f]Ottoline[/name_f]
[name_f]Amalia[/name_f]
[name_f]Octavia[/name_f]
[name_f]Edith[/name_f]

[name_m]Pascal[/name_m]
[name_m]Amadeo[/name_m]
[name_m]Willoughby[/name_m]
[name_m]Emilien[/name_m]
[name_m]Romulus[/name_m]
[name_m]Cedric[/name_m]

Some combos I love: [name_f]Marceline[/name_f] [name_f]Ophelie[/name_f], [name_f]Edith[/name_f] [name_f]Acadia[/name_f], [name_m]Romulus[/name_m] [name_m]Arthur[/name_m], [name_m]Amadeo[/name_m] [name_m]Leander[/name_m], [name_m]Emilian[/name_m] [name_m]Casimir[/name_m]

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Girls:

[name_f]Jessamine[/name_f] [name_f]Pilar[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosamund[/name_f] [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]
[name_f]Silvana[/name_f] [name_f]Maelys[/name_f]
[name_f]Olwen[/name_f] [name_f]Angharad[/name_f]
[name_m]Julian[/name_m] [name_f]Maeve[/name_f]

[name_m]Lysander[/name_m] [name_m]Peregrine[/name_m] and [name_f]Lavinia[/name_f] [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f].

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[name_m]Julius[/name_m]

Raphael & Rhodes for a boy! Rhodes is such a cool name and goes so well with Raphael imo. But if it’s too much of a team I’d suggest: Felix perhaps?

Rhodes Auberon or Felix Etienne!

Raphael and Alethea for a girl! LOVE Alethea with Raphael. Also love Philomina with Raphael.

Alethea Leontine & Philomina Rome!

Good luck finding your perfect name.

[name_m]Antonio[/name_m] or [name_m]Vincent[/name_m] for a boy
[name_f]Cecilia[/name_f] or [name_f]Anneliese[/name_f] for a girl

[name_m]Hi[/name_m] [name_f]Emma[/name_f] and [name_m]Dean[/name_m].
Congratulations on the news of your second baby!

The very first name that popped into my head immediately was VALENTINO and obviously, VALENTINA would be the girly equivalent. I love [name_m]Raphael[/name_m] btw and all maximalist Italian names (and some minimalist too! Lol) I’m sure there are other cultural names that also will go well. So, I also suggest …

Boys:

[name_m]Massimo[/name_m] [name_m]Andreas[/name_m]
[name_m]Gabriel[/name_m] [name_m]Spencer[/name_m]
[name_m]Giuseppe[/name_m] [name_m]Tobiah[/name_m]
[name_m]Vincenzo[/name_m] [name_f]Marcelle[/name_f]
[name_m]Malachi[/name_m] (one of my son’s names) Naples
[name_m]Obadiah[/name_m] (Obi for short) [name_m]Cassius[/name_m]
Phinnaes [name_m]Marco[/name_m]
[name_m]Nicholas[/name_m] [name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
[name_m]Hector[/name_m] [name_m]Montgomery[/name_m]
[name_m]Angelo[/name_m] [name_m]Benaiah[/name_m]

Girls:

[name_f]Marcella[/name_f] [name_f]Victoria[/name_f]
[name_f]Adrianna[/name_f] [name_f]Florentine[/name_f]
[name_f]Carmella[/name_f] [name_f]Delphinium[/name_f]
[name_f]Carmelita[/name_f] [name_m]Pearl[/name_m]
[name_f]Cristabelle[/name_f] [name_f]Marina[/name_f]
[name_f]Araminta[/name_f] [name_f]Georgiana[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurelia[/name_f] [name_f]Kristina[/name_f]
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f] [name_f]Damaris[/name_f]
[name_f]Artemis[/name_f] [name_f]Lavinia[/name_f]
[name_f]Anastasia[/name_f] [name_f]Carolina[/name_f]
Bronwynn [name_f]Azalea[/name_f]
[name_f]Graziella[/name_f] [name_f]Magdalena[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelina[/name_f] [name_f]Matilda[/name_f]
[name_f]Evangelina[/name_f] [name_f]Marielle[/name_f]
[name_f]Angelina[/name_f] [name_f]Celeste[/name_f]

I hope you find a gem in all of these suggested combinations. Best of luck for naming your [name_m]Little[/name_m] One perfectly.

Some other Romantic-sounding combinations I’ve thought of:

Boys:
[name_m]Fabrizio[/name_m] [name_m]Santorini[/name_m]
[name_m]Santiago[/name_m] [name_m]Maurice[/name_m]
[name_m]Alfredo[/name_m] [name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
[name_m]Anatoli[/name_m] [name_m]Caspian[/name_m]

Girls:
[name_f]Fabiola[/name_f] [name_f]Katarina[/name_f]
[name_f]Esmeralda[/name_f] [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]
[name_f]Gwendolyn[/name_f] [name_f]Paloma[/name_f]
[name_f]Pandora[/name_f] [name_f]Gracelyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Isadora[/name_f] [name_f]Mirella[/name_f]
Giuliette [name_f]Lenora[/name_f]
[name_f]Adrianna[/name_f] [name_f]Morwenna[/name_f]
[name_f]Romana[/name_f] [name_f]Valencia[/name_f]
[name_f]Felicia[/name_f] [name_f]Bernadette[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucinda[/name_f] [name_f]Mariette[/name_f]
[name_f]Imelda[/name_f] [name_f]Marianne[/name_f]
[name_f]Sequoia[/name_f] [name_f]Paige[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosamunde[/name_f] [name_f]Evalynn[/name_f] (Ev-ah-lin)

I hope you are inspired!

Great suggestions everyone!

[name_f]My[/name_f] favourites for them are:

@elffff [name_f]Marceline[/name_f], [name_f]Amalia[/name_f], [name_f]Edith[/name_f] and Octavia; [name_m]Pascal[/name_m], [name_m]Willoughby[/name_m], [name_m]Emilien[/name_m] and [name_m]Cedric[/name_m]. [name_f]Marceline[/name_f] [name_f]Ophelie[/name_f], [name_f]Edith[/name_f] [name_f]Arcadia[/name_f] and [name_m]Amadeo[/name_m] [name_m]Leander[/name_m] are lovely! [name_m]Cedric[/name_m] [name_m]Emilien[/name_m] would be great too :heart:

@miloowen [name_f]Rosamund[/name_f] [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f] :heart:

@marysia [name_m]Lysander[/name_m] [name_m]Peregrine[/name_m] and [name_f]Lavinia[/name_f] [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f] are gorgeous!!

@Casea33 [name_m]Julius[/name_m] is a great idea!!

@Kjh446 [name_f]Alethea[/name_f] is dreamy!!

@may.rose [name_m]Antonio[/name_m] and [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f] :heart: I like [name_m]Vincent[/name_m] too, I just wonder if they might find it too ‘arty’ as in [name_m]Raphael[/name_m] and [name_m]Vincent[/name_m] [name_m]Van[/name_m] Gogh - as a middle though - [name_m]Antonio[/name_m] [name_m]Vincent[/name_m] :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

@BabyMammie [name_m]Valentino[/name_m] and [name_f]Valentina[/name_f] are lovely!! [name_m]Phineas[/name_m] [name_m]Marco[/name_m], [name_m]Malachi[/name_m] [name_m]Cassius[/name_m], [name_f]Anastasia[/name_f] [name_f]Carolina[/name_f] and [name_f]Aurelia[/name_f] [name_f]Kristina[/name_f] are lovely ideas - and [name_f]Ophelia[/name_f] [name_f]Damaris[/name_f]!

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Raphael Florian is so fun! Here are some sibling ideas:

Boys:
Damian
Dorian
Florentin
Marcellin
Hilarion
Aramis
Albion
Cassian
Erasmus
Erastus
Inigo
Ossian
Sabien
Silvan
Tobias
Zorion

Girls:
Cosima
Allegra
Athena
Ginevra
Bianca
Cassia
Flora
Helena
Chiara
Estella
Xanthe
Finola
Ilaria
Pierra
Vivia
Elettra