Franklin or Francis

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Brother to Hugo and Eliza

Definitely Francis.

Francis

Franklin is fine, but hell, I have always loved Francis. The name deserves a comeback.

Francis

This makes me happy. My DM died suddenly and unexpectedly the day after me 12 week scan and her name was Frances. It seems so fitting but wasn't sure if it was too 'out there'.
DH only reservation is the potential for playground name calling 'cissy'?!

Nah! Go for it, especially with such a lovely resonance for you and the family

OP, boys named Francis usually get nicknamed Frank at school. "Cissy" is drawing a long bow, I think.

I'm sorry to hear about your mother, what a horrible time to lose her. Frances/Francis are great names.

I wouldn't worry about bullying because of names. I don't think my view is popular on here, but I don't think children are bullied just because of their name. I think unfortunately if a chid will be bullied they will be regardless of their name, while a popular child can pull anything off. Francis is well used enough that bullying shouldn't be a problem regardless.

Francis/Frances is top of my list for boy or girl. Love it!

Francis!!!!!! Mint name

Francis is so much nicer than Franklin.

What a lovely tribute to your mum

You've sold it for him! I'm so pleased.
Any suggestions for a nice middle name?

Franklin is an animated cartoon turtle.

Definitely Francis.

Francis - I don't think he'll get "cis/cissy", it'll be Frank/Frankie/Fran or the full version as Francis is well known enough (Francis works well imo with Hugo and Eliza btw).

If you are honouring your Mum (sorry for your loss), how about using your Dad's and/or DH's Dad's name for the middle or would that be too much?

If not, I'd stick to the classics as Francis is fairly underused/uncommon now - so William, Alexander, George, Edward, James etc whatever works best with your surname.

I don’t think Cissy would be an issue, he would probably be called Frank/Frankie by his friends, so if you like that there’s no problem. Pretty much any name goes well with Francis, maybe pick another family name as a pp suggested.

I have a Franklin. He's absolutely baffled by his full name and hates it (goes by Frank/Frankie)
I wish we'd called him Francis instead, lovely name

I don’t think kids say ‘sissy’ any more anyway. They call each other ‘wimp’ ‘gay’ ‘nerdy’.

Francis is a great name and goes well with the older two.

Francis is a brilliant name .

Dd(10) has a Franklin and a Francis in her year. Franklin is known as Frankie, but Francis is always just Francis. I much prefer Francis.

Francis for sure - goes very nicely with the others

... with names like Gabriel and Raphael all over the place don’t think you need to worry about him being called Cissy. And if he wants to call himself Frank he can.

Francis

Francis