Francesca or Willow?!

[cefn33]

Am due next week and am having a real dilemma over a girls name.. I love Willow and have done for some time, but worry about the doot not being particularly willowy! Also love Francesca, but am not sure if it's too strong a name and not girly enough for me.. What do I do???!! OH prefers Francesca.

Francesca

I know a lovely little girl called Willow but it just doesn't have the wonderful sound that Francesca does imo. Actually I find it a bit hard to say tbh. Love Francesca.

Francesca for me too.. Willow is just a bit too "flaky" to my ears.

I have always loved Francesca.

Mind you, Willow is great too.

Tough one Cefn.

I Love Francesca. Not keen on willow, But my gran had a dog called that (I'm serious).

Francesca, it's one of my favourite names

(we had a rabbit called willow)

I much prefer Willow but if she grew up to be a dumpy and/or clumsy girl I don't think it'd fit.
So I suppose I'm saying Francesca.

Willow trees are very rotund so I don't think a Willow needs to be willowy.

It is quite 'now' though so I'd probably go for Francesca and call her Frankie.

Both gorgeous names. I would wait until she is born and see what suits her

Francesca.

Willow is just too trendsville. Another pseudo hippy, Summer-esque name. I like it not.

Francesca, on the other hand, is marvellous.

Both are lovely. I really love Willow and always joke with DH that we should name our next baby girl Willow- we will never, ever meet her sadly (I am too old and tired now!). But I love Francesca as well. Both really lovely names.

Willow Bay was the Estee Lauder model when I was growing up and I remember just loving her first name so much.

Do you have a mn picked already? Because Francesca Willow gets both your names and sounds very good

Francesca. Much more classy. And can be shortened to Fran, Frannie, Cesca etc if you wish.

Francesca Willow is lovely

Willow is bloody awful.
Francesca is lovely.

Willow is lovely, not so keen on Francesca.

How about Willa?

Or Wilhelmina?

I think a Francesca would need a flamboyant sort of personality. I prefer Frances by a long shot.

Both beautiful, one is an absolute classic, the other is more modern/trendy but not weird or tacky.

I don't think you can go wrong with either.

Like both but prefer Francesca

I've never been keen on Francesca - I prefer Frances.

I had both of these on my shortlist for DD born in 2012. DH said no to Francesca.

Bit gutted that Willows seem to be popping up everywhere now! I didn't know any when I named her.

I had a hamster called Willow.

francesca definitely

i really like the nickname Frankie but the two I know are Fran and Chesca

Francesca. Beautiful.
Willow- no. Just no.

Oh, loooove Willow, so lovely Nicknames could be

Willa
Lowa
Hope it helps! X