These past few days I have been considering [name_f]Seraphina[/name_f] as a first name. I really love it. The one thing holding me back is that FI thinks everyone would shorten it to [name_f]Sera[/name_f] which I don’t like. I also talked to a friend who has a friend named [name_f]Serafina[/name_f] and she said that her friend is always called [name_f]Sera[/name_f] by people even though she doesn’t like it.
[name_f]Do[/name_f] you think a [name_f]Seraphina[/name_f] would always be called [name_f]Sera[/name_f] whether she wants to be or not?
I think most people would, yes. It’s the main reason we took it off our top ten list. Not that [name_f]Sera[/name_f] isn’t lovely, but if I had a [name_f]Seraphina[/name_f] that’s what I’d want her to be called, not [name_f]Sera[/name_f].
I’m not sure - I think she will probably develop her own preference as to what she’d like to be called. I could see “[name_f]Fina[/name_f]” being just as likely a nickname.
If LO is a girl she will be [name_f]Serafina[/name_f]. One of the main reasons we chose it is because [name_f]Sarah[/name_f] is my husbands fav girls name but I think its pretty plain. He says he will call her [name_f]Sera[/name_f] and I say I will call her [name_f]Serafina[/name_f] as that is what I am naming her. I think as they age they will start to decide what nick names they want. If you love it, use it and just push the idea that her name is not [name_f]Sera[/name_f].
I’ve known someone named [name_f]Seraphina[/name_f] and although some of her really close friends called her [name_f]Sara[/name_f] as an endearing nickname, most people called her [name_f]Seraphina[/name_f]. If she introduces herself to people as [name_f]Seraphina[/name_f], that’s probably what they’ll call her.
If you really dislike [name_f]Sera[/name_f], then I would not use [name_f]Seraphina[/name_f]. My sister’s name is [name_f]Pamela[/name_f], which she loves, but she HATES [name_f]Pam[/name_f] with a passion. No matter how many times she says her name is [name_f]Pamela[/name_f], someone always shortens it to [name_f]Pam[/name_f]. I think a big part of the reason she hates [name_f]Pam[/name_f] is because our mom hates [name_f]Pam[/name_f]. So if you hate [name_f]Sera[/name_f], there’s a good chance your daughter will too and will spend a lot of time correcting people.
Probably. [name_m]Just[/name_m] like [name_m]Alexander[/name_m] ends up being called [name_u]Alex[/name_u] 90% of the time. That is one of my reservations about the name [name_f]Seraphina[/name_f]. [name_f]Love[/name_f] it, but I went to school with so many Sarahs/Saras, that I find the name to be underwhelming.
It’s one of those names that people naturally want to shorten. I know an adult [name_m]Christopher[/name_m] who prefers to be called [name_m]Christopher[/name_m] but people always shorten it to [name_u]Chris[/name_u]. It’s possible to keep introducing her by her full name and maybe it won’t happen, but if it bothers you then I wouldn’t chance it. And I agree that [name_f]Sera[/name_f] (or [name_f]Sarah[/name_f]) on its own is a little plain for my taste. I’ve also known so many [name_f]Sarah[/name_f]'s, and not just adults, I know a couple older girls (early teens) with the name too. I do like [name_f]Seraphina[/name_f]. I’m betting it will become popular (especially since it’s got the celeb kid connection with [name_m]Ben[/name_m] Affleck and [name_f]Jennifer[/name_f] [name_m]Garner[/name_m]).
One of my rules with names is that I have to love all parts of the name. For example, my oldest is [name_m]Augustine[/name_m]. We pronounce it [name_u]August[/name_u]-teen but sometimes people pronounce it a-[name_u]Gus[/name_u]-tin and I’m fine with that. We call him [name_m]Augie[/name_m] but he might someday decide to go by [name_u]Gus[/name_u] and were fine with that too. He could also decide to go by his full name. I love the name [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m] but I’m not a fan of [name_m]Ben[/name_m]. So I wouldn’t use it because I know it would bug me to hear him called [name_m]Ben[/name_m]. [name_f]Hope[/name_f] this makes sense!