Frank or Fred?

[MrsVParker]

We have our little girls name but really can’t decide on a boy. Husband came up with these 2, can’t quite decide if I like them or not but I do t hate them ha ha so half way there. Any thoughts?

Fred, to be frank.

Don't like either sorry, bit dated.

Definitely Fred, or Freddie (Mercury?!)

Frank is awful (Butcher)

For the love of god, not Frank! All I can think of is Butcher and no child needs that's. Fred is old school and modernly quirky.

My nephew is a fred. He is 2 and it totally suits him. Some family call him Freddie which my dsis doesn't mind but generally most people call him fred.

Dgs is Freddie. Sometimes gets Fred.
Was after his maternal dgf. Really suits him..

I know both, aged 6 and 7. They are both cheeky monkeys but nice enough!

I prefer the name Fred personally.

I love the name Frank

Frank reminds me of Frank Spencer. Fred is better but still dated and Freddie is overly popular. Sorry.

Frank is cool! It's definitely coming back x

Fred is a nickname it should be Frederick, Alfred, Wilfred, Frederico or Manfred on the birth certificate. Then he can be called Fred or Freddy . (Freddie Mercury's full firstname was Farrokh.)

Frank should be Francis, Franciscus or Franklin on the birth certificate.

I have male friends born in late 1960s and 1970s with shortened names which are common nicknames. They have sometimes found it a problem particularly when getting job as unfortunately, it signifies their parent's social class.

Fred. Great name.

Fred

I love Frank.

I do quite like Frank. Lady I know has a son called Frankie.
I like Fred but soooooo bored of Freddie. My DD has 5 in her year

Yes that’s my concern Freddie is very popular

Fraser

Do many other people know a lot of Fred’s/Freddie’s?

I know a Frederick, who was named after his great grandfather who was Frank Frederick Charles, we call him Freddie and his friends call him Freds. Frank and Freddie are both lovely strong names.

I only know 2 Freddie’s and 1 Frank.

I have a Freddie and yes, it’s quite popular, 3 in his school year out of a small class.

How old are your children with many Freddie’s in the class? Hoping it might be in the out lol

I love Frank 😍 Fred/Freddie is very common and overused imo.

Fred/Frederick is overused.

Frank is cool.

Franklin is nice. Don't like Fred.

Do you mean Francis or Frederick? If so, Francis (Frank).