Frankie

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Frankie
If you heard the name would you think boy or girl?
And do you like it?

Love Frankie! My youngest ds has the name tho apparently on Mumsnet it's a girls name....yet to meet a girl called Frankie!!!

I met a lovely young mum on the bus the other day; her little boy was called Frankie although she said they generally call him Frank. He was about 2, I think.

Frank is a lovely name. I think Frankie is a bit 'cutsie' I'm a bit anti cutsie names as I think there's a bit of a trend for names that will suit babies but a 40 year old might find a bit cringy (Frankie not being the worst by a long stretch).

I think Francis is lovely and them he would have the choice as he grows up :)

My aunt is Frances, she’s glamorous and lovely. She’s always been Fanny for short. I know a Frankie, clearly Frances but only ever Frankie. Unfortunately she’s an absolutely hideous being!!

Interestingly I also had an Uncle Frank. He was actually a great uncle, born 1930s. As far as I’m assured, he was Frank, not Francis. I quite like Frank. It’s...well....honest? Frank! It’s much more ‘old boys’ name for me, can’t imagine looking at a baby and thinking, ‘...definitely Frank!’

But Francis is absolutely AWFUL!!! It’s so...I just can’t put my finger on it. Seems like a cruel name to give a kid if you ask me. Which you inadvertently have. Sorry!!

All the frankies I know are girls. I like it for s girl. I think frank for a boy is cool. Then again, I can't bear boys names that end in "ie", I find it unbearably twee.

DD's best friend, 9, is Frankie (short for Francesca), but always goes by Frankie.

I also have a friend with a 5YO DS called Frankie (real name Francis), but again always goes by Frankie.

I prefer it for a girl. Not keen on Francis - but then again, DS has a name that is not at all liked on MN, and goes by a diminutive, so I'm not one to talk.

Unisex to me so wouldn’t necessarily think either when I heard it. I know both girl and boy Frankies.

I'd think girl as the only ones I know are female (ranging from 20 to 80+).

Boy. But either way I really don't like it. Have known 3 Frankie's and all of them have been not very nice children and shockingly badly behaved, so I realise this colours my view.

Feminine and cute.

I can't imagine any fully grown man would want to be called Frankie .

My cousin (girl) was Frankie.
We've had 2 at my school, one boy one girl. I like it for a boy x

Frankie as a full name, I’d assume they were a boy

If it was a nn I’d assume they were female