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Frank

62 replies

ScorpioMamax2 · 05/02/2026 15:03

I really love Frank but how
popular is it?
Is it a hard name to pull off?

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dove76 · 05/02/2026 20:42

Not my cup of tea, it sounds harsh to me. Though I don't mind Franklin nn Frankie

AzureRose · 05/02/2026 20:24

It's not to my taste, but then it's not my child. So if you like it, there's nothing to stop you using it.

I do know a Francis who goes by the nickname Frankie or Fran. Is it possible to give him another name?Where you can use Frank as a nickname?

I can see it being quite a potential for teasing. Frankfurters etc

DramaAlpaca · 05/02/2026 20:23

Sorry, but I think it's a very unattractive name.

NamingNoNames · 05/02/2026 20:22

@Sunnydayze43 , Enstein, Enfurter or Spencer? Smile

Sunnydayze43 · 05/02/2026 19:56

I don't have any pre-conceived notions about the name Frank and would have loved to have named our first DS Frank ( after grandad Francis/Frank) but our last name is absolutely not suitable to the name! I would have shortened it to Frankie; so cute.

EarthlyNightshade · 05/02/2026 15:58

It's fab!

NamingNoNames · 05/02/2026 15:57

Frank popularity since 1996 (England & Wales).

Numberwang66 · 05/02/2026 15:42

I love Frank!

If I had two boys I'd call them Frank and Ernie.

FeliciaFancybottom · 05/02/2026 15:07

Being perfectly honest, maybe even a little blunt, I think it's awful. Forever associated with a bumbling, rather stupid man.

floppybit · 05/02/2026 15:07

I love it!!!

StrictlyAFemaleFemale · 05/02/2026 15:06

I've not met many, but I've never met one I didn't like - my placement person as a student, my current boss.

Fodencat · 05/02/2026 15:04

Baby grandson is Frank. So cute x