Looking for advice on spelling of name, please!

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Sapphire2017 New member

Member since 01 January 2020

Sapphire2017New member06 January 2020 10:47:14

Hi, my family has Danish heritage and we are thinking of calling our baby Raphael/Rafael. Could someone please advise as to the Danish spelling of this name?

Any other Danish boys name suggestions that could work in the UK would be great. Thank you!

Sapphire2017 New member

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Sapphire2017New member06 January 2020 15:10:17

Just gently bumping post to see if anyone can help? :-)

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guestposter15352Guest06 January 2020 21:45:10

Hello,

It's Rafael in Danish. There is something call "name of the day" you may familiar with the concept, every name has a special day, in danish it calls "navnedag" however Rafael is not in that list, here is the list https://www.navnedag.dk/alfabetisk

Cheers!

Nellie Berg Denmark Expert

Member since 15 August 2013

Nellie BergDenmark Expert07 January 2020 06:31:06

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Rafael is a Hebrew name, and it's very seldom in Denmark.

If you want a Danish name, this is a list of approved names:
http://www.urd.dk/fornavne/drenge.htm

You can also look for suggestions here. You can search for a boy's name after number of letters, what the beginning letter shall be, or what letters shall be in the name.
https://familieretshuset.dk/navne/navne … e-fornavne

And here you find the 100 most popular names today:
https://babyhelp.dk/de-mest-populaere-babynavne/

/Nellie

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