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Gregor or Francis?

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badg3r · 27/08/2020 20:50

I am massively going round in circles here... but... thoughts in these two? Baby due in 3 weeks, don't know the sex!

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SebandAlice · 31/08/2020 16:00

Francis

AFCBournemouthCherries · 31/08/2020 15:53

My gorgeous DH is called Francis, so I recommend you go with Francis Grin. I’m not particularly keen on Gregor though although Gregory is fine.

SacreBleeurgh · 30/08/2020 18:47

Gregor all day long. Really dislike Francis (sorry 😬)

Roseburn · 30/08/2020 18:42

Gregor first name, Francis middle name.

Gregor Francis.

Its a fab name OP.

joystir59 · 30/08/2020 18:35

Gregory would be acceptable.

joystir59 · 30/08/2020 18:34

Gregor? Seriously? Gregor? Greg is just dull. Francis is just dull. Frank is unpleasant. Gregor? Words fail me.

ivfdreaming · 30/08/2020 18:31

Gregor sounds like a character from the Addams Family

Sexnotgender · 30/08/2020 18:02

I’ve got a Francis so I’m biased. Not a fan of Gregor.

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badg3r · 30/08/2020 18:01

Thanks everyone, think we are leaning towards Gregor. I lot of the points people have mentioned so apply to us, so I guess it "fits". Always find it so hard to choose, there are loads of names that I love but couldn't imagine naming my own child, IYSWIM. Now the new lists are out, I can see it was really uncommon last year, which I kind of like too since our surname is very common.

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SumAndSubstance · 30/08/2020 09:54

To me Gregor is very Scottish and Francis is very Catholic. I don't know if either of those rings more true!

CabernetSoWhat · 30/08/2020 09:18

Gregor

Bearcub01 · 30/08/2020 08:56

I love Gregor.

My OH is Francis, I hated it when I first met him but have grown to love it now. He’s never used Frank as a nickname.

IslandLulu · 30/08/2020 08:11

Gregor - my only association of the name is Gregor Samsa.

Francis is nice, but be aware of quite different regional pronunciations.

blackteaplease · 30/08/2020 05:51

I have a Gregor, I think 3 people have mistaken it for Gregory in 5 years. Easily corrected though. I'm in England and we get lots of comments on how unusual it is but I also grew up in Scotland where it's more common.

Flappingflamingo · 30/08/2020 05:26

Gregor. Although personally I prefer Gregory. To me Francis sounds femine

LittleLottieChaos · 30/08/2020 05:18

Big Franz Kafka fan?

jessstan2 · 29/08/2020 00:34

I prefer Gregory to Gregor and Greg is lovely. Not keen on Francis though quite like Frances for a girl.

lockdown555 · 29/08/2020 00:32

Gregor 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

alexdgr8 · 29/08/2020 00:31

Francis i think, but both are good.
Gregor sounds foreign to me, European, which is ok but might lead to questions/assumptions that one parent is from somewhere non-English speaking.
Gregory is the more standard name.
let the children make up or evolve their own nick-names, if any.
you say you don't know the sex; do you intend these for a girl too ?

Tavannach · 29/08/2020 00:30

Yeah, it's regional (if Scotland and England are regions).
I've never known a Gregor called Greg - it's Gregory that gets shortened.

mintich · 29/08/2020 00:29

Gregor. Its on my baby list!

whatausername · 29/08/2020 00:21

Gregor. Francis is okay but I really dislike Fran and Frank.

CoffeeRunner · 28/08/2020 23:27

Gregor Francis.

I like both names but not the nn Frank for anyone under 50.

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badg3r · 28/08/2020 23:24

@MikeUniformMike they both sound good with the surname although I find Francis rolls off the tongue less easily.

Funny that some people think Gregor is a bit of a curve ball, I grew up in Scotland and there were a couple in every year so it feels like a normal name to me. Didn't know anyone called Gregory till after I left home. Is it maybe a regional thing?

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Rachellow · 28/08/2020 22:49

Francis is posh but Gregor is just odd tbh. Greg is quite a dad name, and I think you'll get quite a lot of people thinking it's Gregory.

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