Franklin

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DH and I both loving this at the mo, me because my Grandad was Frank, DH because he's a Roosevelt fan.

Nice or naff?!

I don't know any Franklins, but I think it would make a refreshing change from all the Finns and Jacks around. Like the fact that it has meaning to you. So I say Yes!

And Frankie is a cute nickame.

You both love the name, it has meaning to your and it is a classic, underused name. Why not? Agree that Frankie is a nice nickname.

It's awful I'm afraid.Ugly and harsh.Fine as a middle name,but not as a first.

I quite like it.

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I haven't heard anyone with the name before, but now you have suggested it, i think it's nice.

I think Frank is better. The "lin" ending sounds feminine to me like the name Lynn.

Nice. It's my DS2's first name. I like it, have had nothing but compliments, and it meant a lot to both sides of the family (my grandfather and my DH's grandmother's father. When we told her this was on our list her eyes lit up in excitement that made it pretty much the only choice). Also our older DC liked it and could say it easily and clearly which was another factor for us.

Lynn is also a man's name, so it doesn't automatically sound feminine to me.

Love it! It's on our list for DC2 as well... it's got two great nicknames, tonnes of history and character and is totally under used. Do it!

How many male Lynns have you met Percy?

Well I went to school with one and one of my cousins is married to another. There was also an Olympic athlete called Lynn Davies. I grant you it is more poular in Wales than in England.

I prefer Franklin to Frank. It sounds more solid and manly imo.

As a name by itself I quite like it, but it makes me think of the psychopathic vampire in True Blood...But he is just a minor character in a moderately sucessful TV show nobody will remember in ten years' time.