Frankie

[Iamstrugglingtopick]

For a boy?
Is it too girly or nicknamey? What is your general
Opinion?

How about Franklin with the NN Frankie ?

No I am not fond of Franklin.

I don’t think frankie is girly. Franklin is awful

I love Frank. With Frankie as a nn. But I think Frankie might be a bit infantilising on an adult.

I like it but then it’s the name of my favourite chicken. (Obviously she’s a girl) 🥰

Awful. Sorry.

Francis (Frankie is fine) or Francesca

Frankie as a given name sounds quite cutesy to me - possibly because of the nn factor. I think it does also err slightly on the feminine side to me too.

I know a little rufty tufty boy called Frankie. His name really suits him.

I dislike this name intensely, for both boys and girls. It's too cutesy for a boy and very harsh on a girl.

I think it’s too nicknamey and cutesy as a proper name.

The only Frankie I know is a woman. Short for Francesca I believe.

Francis nn Frank(ie)

I think of Frankie as a girls name, but that is because it's my mum's name

I like it for a boy but would put Frank or Francis on the birth certificate

My brother was Frankie as a little boy but Frank as an adult.

Did you post this previously??

Anyway yes it is too nicknamey - needs Francis or Franklin on the birth certificate

I don't think it's girly. I know far more male Frankies than female.

I do agree for me that it would be too diminutive to use as a full name. I like Franklin as it's a family name for me, and also Franco & Francesco. Francis can be nice (Francisco would be pushing it for me), though the only one I know only went by Frank, his strong dislike has made me wary of recommending it.

Not a fan. Just makes me think about Frankie & Bennies

Don’t think it’s girly at all. To me it’s very ‘of the moment’ when it comes to boys names, at the last baby group I went to every boy bar my son had an ie name (Alfie, Archie, Herbie, Albie, Freddie, Henry-same sound-) so I think I would automatically assume Frankie was a boy. I actually like it, it’s probably my favourite ie boys name!

Very girly. And very cutesy and twee.

Short for Francesca

I really like it. I know two Frankies one a girl and one a boy. The both suit their name.
They are Francesca and Francis though but their long names are never used.

As a nickname for Francis/Frank/Franklin or Frances/Francesca it's ok. I'd expect a Frankie to be male although it is quite unisex IMO.