Help me narrow down my shortlist

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1. Francis (for me this is still the top contender but DP has suggested a few others)
2. Lennon
3. Spencer
4. Vincent

Which is your favourite?

Francis and Vincent.

Don't like the other two at all.

I like them all except Spencer. On a personal level I'd never use Vincent as I can't stand Vinnie or Vince so it'd have to be Vincent at all times (until he could decide for himself, of course). Lennon is gorgeous.

Francis is my favourite boys name at the moment.

Really hard to choose because I dislike them all equally.
Spencer is possibly the one I dislike the least.

Calling you son Lennon is a massive hostage to fortune, given how perceptions of John Lennon are changing.

Vincent and Spencer.

Lennon..sorry read lemon.
Spencer.. princess Di, not keen
Vincent...I was going to be Vincent if I was a boy. Ok name but really dislike Vinnie.
Francis..best of the lot, nice name.

Francis

Francis. Don't like any of the others.

Prefer Leonard to Lennon
Vincent nn Vinny is my second favourite

Francis is a no for me, but if you think if you were a man (not a child) and you were called Francis or Fran and you'd like it to be called it as a man then that's the right choice for you.

Vincent and Spencer are nice. I don’t love Francis although I like Frank and Frankie. I really don’t like Lennon - just screams ‘I’m a massive Beatles fan and I want everyone to know it.’

My favourite out of these would be Francis as well. I like Vincent too but only with NN Vince not 'Vinnie'.
Lennon and Spencer a bit too wannabe-cool for my taste. Lennon = Beatles, Spencer reminds me of Diana.
Lenny is sweet, though - how about Leonard rather than Lennon? Similar sound but more classic and classy.

Anything but Francis. Absolutely hate the name and have no idea why it's so popular on here. To my ear it's like calling a boy Shirley.

How about Leon if you like Lennon.

I don’t like any of them but if I had to choose Lennon would be the best.

Francis is lovely. The others I don't like.

Hmm, I don’t really like any of them. Francis I’ve always always thought it wet and dreary. Whiny.

Lennon I don’t like as it’s a surname. Spencer never liked, Vincent I know a few little Vincent’s known as Vinnie. Probably Vincent.

Spencer or Vincent

Francis or Vincent

Francis - ok
Lennon - ok as a surname, but too associated with someone famous
Spencer - ok as a surname but I wouldn't pick it as a first name
Vincent - as a surname it's ok but Vince and Vinnie are both awful

Francis or Vincent. Francis my preference

Francis has been a man's name for centuries. Ever heard of St Francis?? Eco-warrior and champion of poor and outcast people. Pretty impressive namesake.
It's one of those names - like Dominic, Benedict, John etc - that has male and female versions, also established for centuries.

FWIW Shirley was originally a male name. It mans 'bright meadow'. It only became used for girls after Charlotte Bronte gave the name to her unconventional female heroine in a novel published in 1849.

Leonard or (Scandi) Lennart are rather cool, I think. I also rather like Lionel. (Next generation won't know about any earlier entertainers with the name).

Vincent

I dislike all of them. Lennon is the worst