Nickname for Seraphina ?

[linelei]

I agree with Sheila - Sadie makes sense to me, since it's a nickname for Sarah. I would probably use Fina, but Sadie or Seri are great, too!

[aevery]

I though of Phina/Fina as a nickname but Sia is great!

[aevery]

What about Suri? Raff? Eri? Sarah? Rina?

I love Raff!

[whirligig]

Whatever you call her can be her nn so if you like Sadie that is fine. Another name that I love that could also be a nn for Seraphina is Sepphie.

[east93]

Sadie is most definitely too far-fetched for Seraphina in my opinion.

They're radically different to me.

Ideas: Sera, Phina, Seri/Siri, Nina, Ari.

[orangerolls]

Whatever you call her can be her nn so if you like Sadie that is fine. Another name that I love that could also be a nn for Seraphina is Sepphie.

I love Seraphina and Sepphie as a nickname. This is a serious contender for me!

[lauren-kay]

I wouldn't think of Sadie as a nn for Seraphina but I guess it's not too far fetched - a friend of mine's name is Louise and her family call her Lucy more than they call her Louise which I find quite bizaare. Sadie is a nn for Sarah, so Sera (phina) nn Sadie isn't too outrageous, as someone pointed out earlier...

I do prefer Fi/Fee though. So spunky! And still unexpected as most people would likely assume her full name was Fiona

[dresdendoll]

My mother is Dutch and her name is Fietje (pronounced Fee-cha), which in Holland is a nickname for Josephina (her given name). Since that's based on only the -phina part, which that name shares with Seraphina, the same nickname could be used. Of course, Sera would be the more obvious nickname for Seraphina.

[saracita00]

Well this is an interesting question as on another thread I thought that Jack was an okay nn for Jonathan even though John and Jonathan are unrelated names. I can see this is a similar thought since Sadie is a traditional nn for Sarah, and Sarah sounds like Seraphina even though the names are completely unrelated.

I don't think the thought process works quite as well with Seraphina though, and it's because Sadie is just not as well-known and common a nn for Sarah as Jack is for John. I think most people don't realize that Sadie is a nn for Sarah in the first place, so the jump from Sadie to Seraphina is going to be even more of a stretch. Sadie nn for Seraphina is definitely not "bad," but it's definitely not intuitive. It could be done though. There are some other great nn suggestions posted by others too.

[elisabeth rae]

I know one who goes by Sera (sounds just like Sarah) and Fina, which I really don't like. Personally I don't get the love for this name.