Name to go with Francis/Frances (mn)

[AdriannaP]

I would like to use Frances or Francis (for a boy) as a middle name for our baby. It’s in honour of a relative. Suggestions for first names to go with it? Should be international names, not start with A or M, not be from Royal family (no Edward, James, Charles, Elizabeth etc) or bible.
Surname is English. Any suggestions?

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Richard
Frederick
Philip
Henry
Michael (would this be nixed as being too Biblical - Archangel Michael)
Nicholas

These all have royal connections though. How obvious does it have to be or is your DH against any name ever used by anyone with royal blood?

I quite like Julian Francis.

Beatrice
Florence
Constance
Rosalind
Sophia
Lara
Harriet

Benedict
Hugo
Rupert
Rufus
Leon
Christopher
Xavier
Victor

Eleanor Frances is beautiful.
It sounds fine for International context as Elena is universal, but Eleanor is much nicer spelling.

Elliot Francis sounds great for a boy

Jean-Luc, (I love that name) then change the Francis to Francois.
You're welcome 😉

Connor Francis
Dylan Francis
Kieran Francis
Zachary Francis
Jack Francis
Coleby Francis
Liam Francis
Harley Francis

Lily Frances
Chloe Frances
Penelope Frances
Lydia Frances
Zoe Frances

Rio Frances
Hugo Frances

Helena, Louisa and Sophie are all names from European royalty but do sound nice with Frances.

Mila, Mia, Bianca or Emma might work.

Henry Francis
Leopold Francis
Maximilian Francis
Nicholas Francis

(I think these are all European royalty and/or popes but again seem nice)

Because my boys suggestions did not meet your criteria at all, would surname type names be ok?

Taylor Francis
Hunter Francis
Archer Francis (Archie)
Tyler Francis
Robert Francis (Bobbie)

Rory Francis

Ruth Frances for a girl.

Adam Francis for a boy.

Oops I put William and forgot it's a royal name It's my dad's name and husband's middle name, so I thought of them, not Wills 🙈

Given that your DH has ruled out so many (biblical) names, surely it's up to find suitable shortlists?

up to him ^^

Eleanor is a royal name - Eleanor of Aquitaine.

My grandmother's father was called Francis.
Her brothers were Frances (Frankie) and John; her sister was Evelyn Helena. Her mother Eleanor.

How strict is the 'nothing biblical' rule? Does it rule out Isabel and Isabella as variants of Elizabeth and Jack as a variant of John for example?

James Francis would be lovely but is biblical.

Patrick, Edmund, Oliver, Max, Magnus, Alistair, Laurence, Walter, Fabian, Robert?

Eleanor Frances is lovely, but as a PP pointed out - Eleanor of Aquitaine was a former queen consort of England in the 1100s. There was also the Eleanor (of Castille?) the queen consort for whom the Eleanor crosses were made.

How about Clarissa, Juliet, Sabrina, Seraphina, Georgina, Margot, Verity, Laura? Or a rose name - Rosanna, Rosalind, Rosamund, Rosemary?

Lorenzo
Leon
Lucas
Xavier
Stefan
Stevan
Evan
Nicholas
Thomas
Henry
Matthieu
Winston
Benedict
Ben
Victor