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Isla or Frankie for baby girl - can’t decide

39 replies

Emmarooney · 13/09/2023 11:40

Hi there,

My Second daughter was born 2 weeks ago and we’re really struggling to decide between two names for her.
Her big sister is India (Indy) Rose

we either want to go for
Frankie Isla
or
Isla Frankie

Frankie is a nod to my late grandmother who was Frances but I don’t love the name Fran so concerned it would be shortened to that and that it is quite trendy vs timeless

Isla is popular but that doesn’t bother us so much as having 2 ‘I’ names. Not a huge deal but not ideal perhaps.

welcome people’s thoughts!!
Thanks!

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Oliotya · 13/09/2023 16:07

Frances Isla. India and Isla is too much of a mouthful and Frankie is a lovely nickname but not a "real" name imo.

sidonie1 · 13/09/2023 16:07

Love love love Frankie - it’s cool / cute / strong

QueeniePlumtree · 13/09/2023 20:12

Francesca is our top choice with Frankie as nn.

We had Isla as a potential middle name.

My vote is Frankie ❤️ xx

Daisybuttercup12345 · 13/09/2023 20:35

Indy and Isla is a bit twee.
Frankie is boyish to me. Really dislike it.
Francesca is very pretty, as is Fay.

Snugglemonkey · 13/09/2023 20:45

PollyPeep · 13/09/2023 14:08

I'd have agreed with you before I had two kids. But actually it's very hard to avoid saying their names together. E.g. "these are my kids X and X" or "X and X like doing X". Indi is the issue, as you identified, but I think there are ways of mitigating it. I think Indi and Isla sound nice together.

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Indian Isla is the same as Indian Frankie though? Thoigh I have two children and I don't think I do say their names together. So I don't think either is a problem.

gettingolderbutcooler · 13/09/2023 20:49

Love Frankie ♥️♥️

DuchessOfSausage · 13/09/2023 21:02

@Snugglemonkey , really?

CharlieBoo · 13/09/2023 21:44

There are so many Isla’s…

Frances Isla is much better, nn Frankie

PollyPeep · 13/09/2023 22:50

@Snugglemonkey it's weird but I hear Indian Frankie as a description - maybe because Isla has a shorter history as a name (to me), Indian Isla doesn't sound quite so descriptive!
Also funny you don't say your kids names together! How do you introduce them to people? Is it something like "This is my daughter X and my daughter X"? Or more like "These are my daughters, X is 5 and X is 7"?

continentallentil · 13/09/2023 23:23

Don’t just call her Frankie

Francesca Isla nn Frankie is nice

I like Isla but it’s been way overdone

DinnaeFashYersel · 13/09/2023 23:28

Isla is lovely. Frankie is awful

elloyellow · 13/09/2023 23:41

I'm not a fan of siblings with the same initials. Confusion with post etc.

Frances nn Frankie would be my preference

deanbow · 14/09/2023 20:19

I'm really bored of the name Isla, really grating on me... however, it does go lovely with Indy and I much prefer it to Frankie!!

Snugglemonkey · 17/09/2023 19:41

PollyPeep · 13/09/2023 22:50

I have a son and daughter, but tend to say something more like "this is x, and this little monkey/maggot/sausage depending on how she is being is y".

It only actually struck me reading this thread. And actually, their names go very well together, but I really cannot think of a time they have been x and y.

Even if I am saying about them, it is more descriptive than 2 names usually, like I have x who is whatever age, or depending on who I am speaking to, I specify they are a boy and girl, like "my wee boy is x and my daughter is y".

I would not in Ireland, but we do not live there, and they have traditional Irish names, like Gaelige ones, so sometimes here, they are unfamiliar to people.

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