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Genuineweddingone · 26/10/2025 01:25

My brother early 40's is Francis. We shortened it to Fran in our family, his wife calls him Frankie. Our dads name was also the same but he always got called Franco, Frank or (I dontknow the spelling it was either meant to be Irish or spanish but Phronchias.

JillyGiraffe · 26/10/2025 01:13

I like it! Like Francis nn Frankie or even Frank. You’re never going to please everyone!

comfyshoes2022 · 26/10/2025 01:12

I like it a lot. It has a Roman Catholic connotation for me - not sure if that is a pro, con, or irrelevant to you.

OSTMusTisNT · 26/10/2025 01:00

Love it and you have a cute kid nickname in Frankie, then teenager Frank and finally Consultant Surgeon Francis 👌

mathanxiety · 26/10/2025 00:57

Lovely name - and the pet forms Frank and Frankie are lovely too imo.

Not wet or wimpy at all. Saint Francis was a force of nature.

PurpleChrayn · 25/10/2025 23:43

Very weak and namby-pamby. I would imagine a Francis always to be sickly and pale.

user2848502016 · 25/10/2025 23:33

I like it
I like Fran for a boy as a nickname too, but not as keen on Frankie

nellietheellie75 · 25/10/2025 22:34

I really dislike this name.

Gizzagizza · 25/10/2025 22:24

I don’t like it.

Firebird83 · 25/10/2025 22:05

DS has a Francis in his class. I like it!

PurBal · 25/10/2025 20:44

And I know a 4 yo Frank too

PurBal · 25/10/2025 20:44

I know a Francis known as Fran and honestly he’s the burliest bloke you’d ever meet. I also know a girl Fran and I never really considered it one way or the other. Like Charlie.

Viviennemary · 25/10/2025 20:38

There's a few older men called Francis but don't know anybody under 60 with that name.

autienotnaughty · 25/10/2025 20:35

Love it for a girl not for a boy.

Skybluepinky · 25/10/2025 18:05

The fact you are asking means you know most will think that is not a good choice.

SereneLilac · 25/10/2025 18:03

My son's middle name. My father and brothers all had it as a middle name, it's common in catholic families all over Europe after St Francis. Ex was half Italian, so was Francis here and Francesco in Italy. He didn't like it though. I think it's lovely, but not shortened. Fran is even worse than Frank.

MummytoBoth · 25/10/2025 17:55

Katherine278 · 25/10/2025 16:15

This is my top contender and has confirmed after recently meeting the loveliest little Francis I am only sceptical of others opinions thinking it is feminine and slightly wet.
Will it be shortened to Fran or Frank?

Beautiful name ❤️

CurlyhairedAssassin · 25/10/2025 17:54

Partridgewell · 25/10/2025 17:47

I love it. It's my son's middle name and would have been his first name but I am Southern and now live in (what I consider to be) the North, so people pronounce it differently here to the way I say it, which would have annoyed me 🤣

I think he would have been Frankie. I still absolutely love it, plus it was his Great Grandad's name and he was a wonderful man.

Northerners say Francis, like it's spelled. Southerners stick an extra R in there. Frarncis.

CurlyhairedAssassin · 25/10/2025 17:53

Francis was quite a popular name amongst Catholic scousers. I can't help but think of it as a bit of a scally name, and all its various, because of that.

AllPlayedOut · 25/10/2025 17:48

Francis is an awful name. It is wet and unattractive. It’s a family name for me but not one that we’ll be continuing and my family member hates it and goes by a completely different name. The nickname Frank is even worse and I’d expect that at least a few people will call him that.

Partridgewell · 25/10/2025 17:47

I love it. It's my son's middle name and would have been his first name but I am Southern and now live in (what I consider to be) the North, so people pronounce it differently here to the way I say it, which would have annoyed me 🤣

I think he would have been Frankie. I still absolutely love it, plus it was his Great Grandad's name and he was a wonderful man.

Pranksters · 25/10/2025 17:44

I don’t like it at all, never have. I think it’s wet.

allmycats · 25/10/2025 17:01

Lovely name and NOT girly at all. Go for it.

GiantYorkshirePud · 25/10/2025 17:01

I love it. Reminds me of Francis from Malcolm in the middle. Would shorten it to Frankie.

Arlanymor · 25/10/2025 16:56

Makes me think of Francis Ford Coppola. Nothing remotely wet about his movies! I would go for it and Frankie is very cute as a nickname.