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Edward, Francis or Nicholas?

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Jen02041994 · 15/06/2020 19:59

For upcoming DS. We will most likely shorten to Ted, Frank and Nick respectively. Middle name will be Peter. Which do people on here prefer? Thanks Smile

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ttigerlilly · 15/06/2020 21:23

Edward/Ted

NicksMum123 · 15/06/2020 21:22

Actually perhaps the people who don’t like are just quiet? That probably makes more sense. But I’ve had a lot of positive response regardless.

NicksMum123 · 15/06/2020 21:19

I have a baby Nick... everyone’s response has been very positive. Even the people who are confused.

And if I have a daughter, Frances is top of my list!

What similar tastes we have OP.

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Jen02041994 · 15/06/2020 21:16

Don’t like Nico or Fran much as nicknames, just Nick or Frank.

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Jen02041994 · 15/06/2020 21:15

@ThroughThickAndThin01 that was a good one tbf 😂

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Jen02041994 · 15/06/2020 21:14

@DopamineHits haha, unfortunately not Grin

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ThroughThickAndThin01 · 15/06/2020 21:13

Are you giving birth to a Vicar 😂

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Jen02041994 · 15/06/2020 21:13

@formerbabe have to disagree on Francis being “wet”, I see it as alpha male but with a pleasant gentleness if that makes sense. Wet for me would be more like Timothy or Sebastian.

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Peachbubble · 15/06/2020 21:11

Edward

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Jen02041994 · 15/06/2020 21:09

@Biscuitsneeded exactly! We picked these names out as they are good strong traditional names (albeit not used as much now) that stand out from all the popular names currently like Oliver, William, Samuel, Thomas etc (not that these are bad, just far too commonplace right now).

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Maria53 · 15/06/2020 20:52

Francis, though I like Nicholas too

Cabin · 15/06/2020 20:50

Francis, though I like them all.

ChelseaCat · 15/06/2020 20:45

I love Francis but definitely not shortened to Frank Confused

daisypond · 15/06/2020 20:42

Nicholas is fresh these days. But I also do really like Edward. I’m much less keen on Francis. It’s the cis I don’t like. Though Frances for a girl is great.

Sexnotgender · 15/06/2020 20:42

I’ve got a baby Francis. I like Fran as a nickname but not Frank.

ILoveStickers · 15/06/2020 20:41

Edward

Robs20 · 15/06/2020 20:39

Love Nicholas, nn Nico.

DramaAlpaca · 15/06/2020 20:37

Nicholas for me. I'd shorten it to Nico.

toastofthetown · 15/06/2020 20:36

I love Francis! Nicholas is lovely too - maybe slightly dated, but it's still in solid use today. Not keen on Edward.

TheThingWithFeathers · 15/06/2020 20:27

Edward for sure. The others sound very dated.

formerbabe · 15/06/2020 20:27

Nicholas is the best...Edward is good too...both have good nicknames too.

Really dislike Francis...it's a bit wet

DopamineHits · 15/06/2020 20:27

Are you giving birth to a vicar? Grin

I like Nicholas.

Mammyloveswine · 15/06/2020 20:25

In fact i love all of them!

Mammyloveswine · 15/06/2020 20:24

I love Nicholas!

farmertom · 15/06/2020 20:11

Love, love, love your choices! All were on my list.
I think Nicholas nn Nick is the best. Not popular but a well known name. Wish we could have used it as it was my number 1. Veto'd by DH 😢

We named DS Patrick