Francesca or Zara?

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DS (age 3) is Matthew and Baby 2 is due in a few weeks. We think we have a boys name that feels right but we are trying to settle on a girls name.

We think we're down to Francesca or Zara.
Which would you go for?

Other girls names that have been on the list but that we think we are less keen on have been Elodie, Edith, Clara and Nancy.

Francesca! It’s beautiful.

Francesca.
Love it.

Zara

Sounds lovely

Zara! It was my name for a baby girl since I was 12:) I have two boys but if I had a girl it would have been Zara:) such a cool name

I like both but I think I'd go for Francesca. Love Matthew too!

Nancy is lovely with Matthew.
I always felt sorry for my infant school friend Francessca- such a long name to write, especially if you have a longer surname

Love Francesca and nn Frankie

I really like both but I'd go with Francesca.

You can change/shorten Francesca (Fran/Frankie/Cheska) so it'd give your potential daughter more freedom to assert her own identity if she's not keen on Francesca. But you can't do much with Zara.

Zara

Francesca

Biased as I have a Frankie (Francesca officially).

Haven’t met anyone who didn’t love it (although do people actually say if they don’t like your child’s name )

Zara by miles, I love it.

I really dislike Francesca and Frankie (sorry to those posters above who have one!)

Interesting thoughts so far - thank you all 

@siblingrevelryagain Thankfully I don't think most people would saythey think a name is awful once a baby has arrived (unless they're particularly rude!!) but I guess that's why sounding them out on an anonymous forum before they arrive is useful!

100 responses of "you seriously can't call a child that" would probably make me reconsider

I love Zara

Francesca has way too many nn options.
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Zara❤️

LOVE Francesca, and Zara is also great. Can't go wrong!

Zara by far the better name. Not at all keen on Francesca.

Zara from your top two. I also love Clara from your list.

Zara, without a doubt.

Zara by a mile

They are both beautiful names and go very well with Matthew. I'd chose Francesca as I like a name with a lot of diminutives. It was on our short list for dd2.

We almost had a Zara Francesca. Went for Zara [family name] in the end but I clearly love both names. Zara of course!

That was supposed to say went for Zara "family name" but it's snowing up as a wink on the app

I love Francesca. I feel Zara is a lot more popular and, I don't know, a bit of a 'princess' name (maybe it means that). Matthew is a beautiful, underused, classic name and I think Francesca is the same.

Love both but Francesca is my favourite. Gorgeous, classic name