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Bonnie Francesca

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Livingabroad12 · 27/05/2023 08:21

We have 2 daughters and are thinking through names for DD 3. We are pretty set on Francesca as a middle name (family name) and the moment our favourite first names are Bonnie, Nancy and Eliza. Our other 2 DD names our similar (I think) in that they’re well known names but not very commonly used. We live abroad (so I may be out of touch with popular names!) a but planning to move home soon after baby 3 is born.

So what do you think?
Bonnie Francesca
Nancy Francesca
Eliza Francesca

Thank you!

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popsickle555 · 28/05/2023 07:59

I also like Eliza (although don’t think it goes so well with Francesca) but there are 5 in my DD’s school now, it’s become very popular which might put some people off. Don’t know a Nancy or a Bonnie other than one Bonnie abroad. I know two Francesca’s and think that’s a beautiful name to be honest by itself. Remember middle names don’t get used much…Bonita is also nice as it would allow Bonnie or Nita as shortenings or even Ita.

CallieQ · 28/05/2023 01:08

Not keen on Bonnie

HamBone · 28/05/2023 00:55

Thequeenofwishfulthinking · 28/05/2023 00:13

I know a Francesca who is very (bonnie) pretty actually. Maybe you should.consider Francesca properly as the first name. I think it’s a classic name with potential for ‘modern’ nicknames at the time of a girls’ life - Fran, Frankie, Cesca

i was thinking the same as @Thequeenofwishfulthinking O e of DD’s friends is called Francesca and it’s such a beautiful name. Easily shortened if she wants to do that, but flows beautifully as is.

watcherintherye · 28/05/2023 00:54

I think Bonnie Francesca goes beautifully, and manages to be both edgy and classic! People won’t be calling her Bonnie Francesca, in any case. It’ll usually be Bonnie surname or, more formally, Bonnie Francesca surname. I don’t think the other two choices combine so well.

lakesummer · 28/05/2023 00:23

NuffSaidSam · 27/05/2023 09:59

Bonnie Francesca sounds like a lassy called Francesca who was awful bonny in an old folk story.

Not sure of that's good or bad.

I like Nancy best, but they're all lovely names.

It really does sound like a pretty lass called Francesca, I don't think it really works.

Thequeenofwishfulthinking · 28/05/2023 00:13

I know a Francesca who is very (bonnie) pretty actually. Maybe you should.consider Francesca properly as the first name. I think it’s a classic name with potential for ‘modern’ nicknames at the time of a girls’ life - Fran, Frankie, Cesca

Pallisers · 28/05/2023 00:12

I like Eliza the best.

Where I am in the US Nancy is very much a name for the over 50s.

SemperIdem · 28/05/2023 00:10

I don’t like Bonnie at all. Bonnie Francesca sounds like a descriptor for a girl called Francesca “ah yes, op’s daughter bonnie Francesca”.

Eliza Francesca is nice.

I don’t like Nancy.

DipperandMabel · 28/05/2023 00:09

I like the name Bonnie but it doesn’t go with Francesca. Can Francesca be the first name?

Thequeenofwishfulthinking · 28/05/2023 00:05

Bonnie means pretty where I come from (up North) as in she’s a bonnie girl/lady.

msmonstera · 27/05/2023 16:40

Both of my grandmothers (Irish) would have described a healthy baby as 'bonny', so I hear that as an adjective rather than a name. I like Eliza best.

Absolem76 · 27/05/2023 16:05

I'm not keen on Bonnie. It just sounds too babyish too me. The other names are lovely though.
Although Francesca as a first name is my favourite.

PickledScrump · 27/05/2023 15:53

Bonnie is lovely. Middle names are rarely used so they don’t need to flow perfectly. That said I think Eliza Francesca does sound too clunky as they both end in an “a” sound. Bonnie is my favourite out of your choices.

Bloomtime · 27/05/2023 15:46

To me, it sounds like a girl called Francesca who was very bonnie. I am Scottish though.

I think Eliza is the nicest first name, however, I think Nancy goes better with Francesca.

Anoana · 27/05/2023 15:44

Eliza and Nancy are lovely, Bonnie is dreadful.

Gloschick · 27/05/2023 15:30

I agree. Bonita Francesca has a better ring to it, and gives her other options when she is older.

Cantthinkofaname2203 · 27/05/2023 15:24

Bonnie to me is descriptive. As pp says it sounds like your child is called Francesca, who is bonnie- ie nice looking.

if you’re set on it you could go with a long name and use Bonnie as a diminutive. I think Bonnie Langford is Bonita, for example.

Jomummy1013 · 27/05/2023 15:17

I love Eliza Francesca, gorgeous! ❤️

VeggieSausage · 27/05/2023 15:16

Prefer Nancy.

Eliza Francesca sounds odd as both end in a.

Bonnie I don't like as my Grandma used to say someone was bonnie meaning they were fat.

ourflagmeansdeath · 27/05/2023 15:07

I really don't like Bonnie or Nancy. Bonnie just doesn't have a nice sound to me and Nancy seems old fashioned. Eliza Francesca is pretty though.

Mischance · 27/05/2023 14:09

Bonnie Francesca is perfect!

Thequeenofwishfulthinking · 27/05/2023 14:08

I prefer Francesca as a first name actually. Otherwise I like Eliza Francesca the most.
Bonnie Francesca and Nancy Francesca sound like names from a town from the old Wild West to me.

continentallentil · 27/05/2023 14:03

I like Nancy best. Bonny is a bit baby for an adult.

PurpleChrayne · 27/05/2023 10:48

I love Bonnie Francesca. Eliza Francesca sounds wrong somehow.

inverness123 · 27/05/2023 10:43

I’m wary of names that are positive attributes as it’s tough on the child if it’s not very apt. What if Bonnie’s not that bonnie? It could be a difficult name to bear.