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Frances - classic or frumpy?

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TooTryHard · 25/09/2013 21:40

I was thinking classic and beautiful and now I'm wobbling.

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Wishfulmakeupping · 01/10/2013 14:15

I'd love to see a little Frances, a refreshing change to yet another Amelia/Lily/Olivia/Ruby!!
Couldn't agree more :)

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FreedomOfTheTess · 01/10/2013 12:20

I think it's stunning, and for a long time, it was a strong contender for DD2 (who ended up being named Mary).

I'd love to see a little Frances, a refreshing change to yet another Amelia/Lily/Olivia/Ruby!!

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SaucyJack · 30/09/2013 21:05

I think it's quite ugly-sounding tbh. Sorry.

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TooTryHard · 30/09/2013 21:00

Well your parents had excellent taste ;).

I'd never assume a Frances was a man but definitely think of Dirty Dancing. Can't go wrong there either imo....

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YoMamma · 30/09/2013 20:43

It's my name (I hope I'm not outing myself and I reeeeeeaaaaally hope I'm not the bully from Tidy's school). My DH and I have just been in fits reading some of the responses. I used to hate it as a child but I've come to terms with it now. In my job I come across new people on an almost daily basis and they invariably assume that I'm going to be a man before they meet me.

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Retroformica · 30/09/2013 07:24

Live the nn frankie

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miffybun73 · 29/09/2013 21:38

Lovely - classic and elegant.

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stopprocrastinating · 29/09/2013 21:35

Our daughter's middle name. Love it.

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Bue · 29/09/2013 21:30

So, so lovely.

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TidyDancer · 29/09/2013 19:03

Francesca is lovely. Frances I can't stand. Possibly something to do with the fact that I went to school with one and she was the resident bully, but it's not a name I like anyway tbh.

Frankie is a nice nickname-y version.

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AcrylicPlexiglass · 28/09/2013 16:37

I really like Frances, Fran, Francesca and Frankie. So a yes from me!

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mrsmindcontrol · 28/09/2013 16:34

It's my middle name & I have always hated it. Dull, old fashioned & 'tweedy' if that makes sense.

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NoComet · 28/09/2013 16:28

Just instantly a boy to me, because of Knowing a Francis for years.

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GrandstandingBlueTit · 28/09/2013 09:41

I don't love it - but - that's probably because it's my best friend's middle name and she hated it and we always had a bit of a laugh about it (with her, not at her, IYKWIM).

But I realise to another generation it might not have the frumpy connotations it had for us. :)

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Yika · 28/09/2013 08:28

Beautiful name, pretty, elegant, classic, much nicer than frilly Francesca.

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mamalovesmojitos · 27/09/2013 23:50

Beautiful name.

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MaddAddam · 27/09/2013 23:40

It's OK, I know a few, and I like Fran and Frankie, but I prefer Francesca.

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AnnaNimitty · 27/09/2013 23:37

In the eighteenth century Frances would be known as 'Fanny'!

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AnnOminous · 26/09/2013 21:41

Frances is a beautiful name. Very eighteenth-century.

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ToffeeCaramel · 26/09/2013 21:30
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YoureAllABunchOfBastards · 26/09/2013 21:30

Gorgeous. I know a Frances who is always called in full, but I like Fran, too.

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MsJupiterJones · 26/09/2013 21:25

I love Frances. It's really classic but cool.

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DisappointedHorse · 26/09/2013 20:38

I love it. I really wanted to use it but it doesn't go with our surname.

I like Fran and Franny as nicknames, not keen on Frankie.

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