Edward, Francis or Nicholas?

[Jen02041994]

For upcoming DS. We will most likely shorten to Ted, Frank and Nick respectively. Middle name will be Peter. Which do people on here prefer? Thanks

All lovely, but I especially like Nicholas because you never meet any under about 45 these days!

Nicholas/Nick

Nicholas, nn Nick. I’d love to be able to use this name but can’t 😭

Prefer Nick

Like Edward / Ted best.
Nicholas / Nick seems really dated.
Frank reminds me of that drugs advice website, but I do like Francis shortened to Fran.

Love Nicholas, like Edward a lot but afraid I'm really not keen on Francis.

I have an Edward. He was known as Ted when he was a child. He now has a serious job and uses Edward. I'm so glad we chose it. It's a brilliant name.

Edward is a fabulous name! Works well for a cute baby and for a grown adult.

Love, love, love your choices! All were on my list.
I think Nicholas nn Nick is the best. Not popular but a well known name. Wish we could have used it as it was my number 1. Veto'd by DH 😢

We named DS Patrick

I love Nicholas!

In fact i love all of them!

Are you giving birth to a vicar?

I like Nicholas.

Nicholas is the best...Edward is good too...both have good nicknames too.

Really dislike Francis...it's a bit wet

Edward for sure. The others sound very dated.

I love Francis! Nicholas is lovely too - maybe slightly dated, but it's still in solid use today. Not keen on Edward.

Nicholas for me. I'd shorten it to Nico.

Love Nicholas, nn Nico.

Edward

I’ve got a baby Francis. I like Fran as a nickname but not Frank.

Nicholas is fresh these days. But I also do really like Edward. I’m much less keen on Francis. It’s the cis I don’t like. Though Frances for a girl is great.

I love Francis but definitely not shortened to Frank

Francis, though I like them all.

Francis, though I like Nicholas too

@Biscuitsneeded exactly! We picked these names out as they are good strong traditional names (albeit not used as much now) that stand out from all the popular names currently like Oliver, William, Samuel, Thomas etc (not that these are bad, just far too commonplace right now).

Edward