Frederick or Benjamin? help us decide!

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Hi all - Frederick or Benjamin - which do you prefer/ dislike and why? Ta!

I think both are fantastic names.

Freddie. Deffo.

Benjamin,definitely Benjamin. It's lovely.

I hate the sound of Frederick,and hate the nickname 'Fred' even more.

I like Freddie, but not so keen on Frederick, and I personally prefer a long name that can be shortened if the child wants, rather than choosing the shortened name for them, so I would go for Benjamin as I like it and ben.

I like Frederick

Benjamin is pretty popular - one in most classes. Freddie is more popular now (round my way) but still for example only 2 in DD's school, compared to about a dozen Bens.

Both names will be shortened btw, if that bothers you.

Benjamin. As long as you like Ben. I love it!

I vote Frederick nn Freddie.

Oooh this are proper family names for me, one is my brothers, one my cousins and dads middle name

Benjamin Frederick XXXX imo

Ben, not keen on Benjamin. Like Freddie but not Frederick.

Also you CAN shorten Benjamin to jamie

I like Fred/Freddie but not keen on Frederick. Like Benjamin.

I love Benjamin (and have a 7 year old one). We prefer Benjamin to Ben although some people do automatically call him Ben. He is almost always called Benjamin by people who know him.

Benjamin def, Frederick is a serial killer.