Francesca?

[Aquarius93]

Help! I’m struggling with girls names. Luckily we still have plenty of time but wanted to get a few suggestions.

I have always wanted a fairly traditional name, not too common and a longer name that can be shortened. I’ve come to love the name Francesca on its own but am having a mental block around it suiting a baby. We would probably use Frankie as a nickname.

What do people think about Francesca and does anyone have any other suggestions?

As a side note, my DH likes the name but has got his heart set on Poppy. Whilst I think it’s a sweet name, I can’t get past the fact I know two people who have dogs called Poppy so have vetoed it!

I like Francesca, very popular in Italy and Greece (spelled in a slightly different manner). Poppy is very cute and girly, Francesca is more robust and mature.

Francesca is a fab name. She will only be a baby for a year or two, she'll be an adult for 70 plus years. Poppy is nice enough, but it does have a dog association for me. As an adult I would much prefer to be called Francesca than poppy.

Love Francesca/Frankie. Suits baby/child/adult.
Agree with you about Poppy. Cute but too many dogs called it.

I have a little DN called Francesca -Fran- and she is adorable so I automatically like the name.
They have a dog called poppy!

I prefer Poppy, tbh. Francesca is a bit too flowery.

Biased as we would have called DS1 this if he had been a girl, but I think it’s lovely.

@GreyhoundG1rl

I prefer Poppy, tbh. Francesca is a bit too flowery.

Ironic 😂

I love Francesca, I think it’s lovely. Could be shortened to Fran, Frankie, Chesca (not sure how best to spell that!) or Chessie I suppose, so worth thinking about whether you like the shortened versions!

I prefer Francesca to poppy, also just because I know dogs called poppy

Francesca is lovely. It’s a stronger name than Poppy. I’m not so keen on Frankie, though.

@GreyhoundG1rl

I prefer Poppy, tbh. Francesca is a bit too flowery.

The irony of this

The Francesca I know is Cheka.

I love Francesca!! So many good nicknames as well, Frankie, Fran, Chessie...

I'm not a fan though it's ok but Frankie is utterly hideous.

I struggle to say Francesca and don't like Fran and Frankie.

I don't like Poppy either but like you know people who have called their pets it.

The dog name doesn’t put me off. Most people I know with pets now seem to be moving away from names like Alfie and Poppy in favour of names like Nigel and David - but that might be anecdotal. Still I wouldn’t base a decision on that.

Francesca is a good solid name. I’m less keen on Frankie, I prefer Fran, but your daughter will choose the nickname she likes the most.

My daughter is called Francesca-May. She's named sort of after my Grandparents, Frank and May. She gets Frankie, Cheska or Cheskie. She's starting school next week and has said she'd like everyone to call her Francesca. So that's that then 😂

Glad to get so many opinions.

I do like that there are plenty of options for nicknames so she can choose what she prefers!

Both names are great!

Good name! Classy

Fran is nicer than Frankie, imo

Or Cheska!

@FiveGensOfLove 😂

Beautiful name! I have a Frances and her nn is Frankie, great for a baby and a teen. (She's 14)

I have a Francesca. She's 10 now and insists on being called Frankie. We've only ever had positive comments about her name, although a couple of kids at school through the years have told her Frankie is a boys name.
I love Frankie. It's ballsy in my mind. But you can't go wrong with Francesca. x

Like it but hate franny

I have a Francesca and she is mostly called Francie (pronounced Fransi). A softer version of Frankie (which I also like too!).

Francesca is wonderful. I know one who is about 21 - lovely, charming, just about to graduate from NYU acting school.

Poppy is cute but that is my problem with it.