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Settle an argument please? Lol

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AmberMai · 06/01/2019 19:23

Juliet or Frances?
I like Juliet husband likes frances. We can't choose between x

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SlimGin · 08/01/2019 13:18

Juliet. I like Frances but I met a Frances in London after living up north all my life and couldn't get over that southerners pronounce is 'Frarnces'. Just sounds jarring to me.

MumUnderTheMoon · 08/01/2019 10:18

I'm not fond of the name Frances but I love Frankie for a girl what about Francesca it's much prettier.

Highlowpo · 08/01/2019 06:41

Much prefer Juliet.

HighlandRed · 07/01/2019 20:48

Frances.

Juliet is a bit try hard and obvious, and I think she would need to grow up to be very girly. Frances is so elegant.

LegoPiecesEverywhere · 07/01/2019 19:55

Juliet

PhoenixBuchanan · 07/01/2019 03:57

A great name obviously

PhoenixBuchanan · 07/01/2019 03:57

Frances. It's such a great band.

WhirlieGigg · 07/01/2019 03:53

I like Juliet

Astronica · 07/01/2019 03:46

I love both Juliet and Frances. For the short forms I would choose Frances, but either would be great. Frances Juliet and Juliet Frances both work well too.

DramaAlpaca · 07/01/2019 00:57

I prefer Juliet, as long as it's pronounced as Mike says, ie not Juli-ETTE.

Juliet is pronounced with the stress on the first syllable, so JOO-liet, or JOOL-yut. It's so much nicer than Juliette, IMO.

Frances is OK too, but Juliet is just beautiful.

CrazyOldBagLady · 07/01/2019 00:53

If I had to pick one of those I would say Juliet, but I think Julia is a more beautiful name.

BigusBumus · 07/01/2019 00:51

How would one pronounce Juliet if it's not Julie-ette? Is it Jiulie-ey?

ninalovesdragons · 07/01/2019 00:31

Juliet

PFB1 · 07/01/2019 00:13

For the simple fact that now there are a lot of confused people about how we're supposed to be saying Juliet, I say go for Frances. It's a lovely simple, beautiful name with a good choice of nick names.

Galvantula · 07/01/2019 00:08

Ok how are people saying Juliet?Confused

nocluenoidea · 06/01/2019 22:52

Juliet

notabumpjusttoomanybiscuits · 06/01/2019 22:45

Adore Frances!!

yikesanotherbooboo · 06/01/2019 22:26

I love both but Frances edges it.

IVflytrap · 06/01/2019 22:08

Frances is my favourite of the two, although Juliet is nice too.

I agree with Mike regarding pronunciation.

I think if emphasising the last syllable, it should be spelt Juliette.

Notveryadventurousname · 06/01/2019 20:44

Juliet is pretty, classic and underused. How about trying Lia as a sort of nn if you want to avoid Jules or Jude?

Frances is ok, but a bit leaden in comparison. The possible male female comparison would put me off ( same with Lesley/ Leslie and to me is from same era). You'd also have two pronunciations going on - Northern and Southern versions. Surely that will convince your DH ( at least to shunt it to the middle name!)

Dogsmellssobadbob · 06/01/2019 20:36

Don’t like Juliet and Jools is awful

Love frances and love Fran or frankie

vivivienne · 06/01/2019 20:35

MikeUniformMike how are you supposed to say it?
I much prefer Frances, find Juliet a bit wet and drippy

MikeUniformMike · 06/01/2019 20:20

I prefer Frances. Don't like Jules or people saying Juliet as Jooly-ETTE.

CormoranStrike · 06/01/2019 19:53

Both are beautiful, I would go for Juliet Frances

Galvantula · 06/01/2019 19:53

I prefer Juliet.

I don't mind Frances though, it's a relative's name. She's never been abbreviated or nicknamed that I know of though. Smile

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