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Caroline or Frances

36 replies

dillytilly · 19/05/2018 13:21

Wanted to hear your thoughts, are they classic or a bit old fashioned now? Which do you prefer? Thank you x

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SuperUnicorn · 19/05/2018 14:32

I love Caroline. Classic rather than old fashioned to me.

Perfectway · 19/05/2018 14:30

Like Caroline. Never liked Frances and they are always called Fran.

FairfaxAikman · 19/05/2018 14:29

Frances

If she grows up to be feminine it's a lovely elegant name, if she's a tomboy Frankie is a pretty funky nickname.

Both are uncommon and utter classics that will never fully go out of style.

Alonglongway · 19/05/2018 14:20

one of mine is Caroline. She's 17 and it has been a trouble-free name so far! She's been the only one in every class - though at one stage there was a Caroline in every year group in her secondary school. Clearly more about than you might think.

evilharpy · 19/05/2018 14:19

I love both. Very underused lovely classic names. I'm related to both a Caroline and a Frances and they are both very glamorous.

Frances would be my first choice.

KirstenRaymonde · 19/05/2018 14:11

Prefer Caroline, very unusual now but classic.

bridgetreilly · 19/05/2018 14:11

I like both. Maybe Caroline slightly more, but they're both good choices.

BB2018 · 19/05/2018 14:01

Classic and classy.

I prefer Frances, but like both.

DramaAlpaca · 19/05/2018 13:24

Nice choices, both beautiful classic elegant names.

Call her Caroline Frances, perfect. Or Frances Caroline Smile

I've always wanted to be called Caroline

kimlo · 19/05/2018 13:24

love them.

I like Frances more.

TatianaLarina · 19/05/2018 13:21

Awfully staid.

Prefer Carolina and Francesca.