Is Franklin too old fashioned?!?

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Until recently I always thought of it as American but my friend told me it was very old fashioned and not a nice sounding name.

my dp is set on this name, I prefer Frank but he is set on Franklin.

two weeks to go please help us to decide

I think it's lovely.

I like it

It's nicer than Frank.

I prefer Francis

I don't know that I'd say it isn't nice, but it isn't a name I've heard in anyone under 60.
However old people names are coming back around again at a brisk rate so Franklin way well be back for all I know!
(I was really bemused by the first baby Arthur I Met 10 plus years ago, now they see everywhere 😆)
As far as I am concerned Frank is a shortening of either Francis or Franklin, so I'd call him one of the full names and let nicknames develop as they will. Frankie seems likely for a baby!

I love Frank, but prefer it as a nickname for Francis than Franklin.

Too American.

I like Frankie a lot for a child but I'm not massively keen on any of the more formal versions - Francis sounds too feminine to me, Franklin sounds a little American / comical to me, and just Frank makes me think of Frank Butcher. All just my personal associations of course and I'm sure as soon as I met a little Franklin all those other associations would fade into the background.

I love it.

I like it!

It will always be shortened to Frank. So you'd get your way anyway 😀

Frank is enough. Franklin is too American.

Went to school with a Franklin - always called Frankie.
He was very popular when the Sister Sledge song came out.

Franklin on the bc.
Frank as the nn.

Pregnant with a baby girl but before I knew the sex, Franklin was my number 1 boy's name choice. DH vetoed it though!

Go for it OP.

It's spot on trend so not old fashioned but will date badly.

I like it but worry about it's longevity. It's a name which will be easy to identify roughly how old your son is.

My Dad & Brother are Franklyn. Dad goes by Frank though

Absolutely love Franklin/Franklyn - it’s a great choice and with cute nicknames

Really like it.

Franklin is a modern name. I like it.

Franklin is a fabulous name. I love it.

Hmmm it’s giving turtle or tortoise - I can’t quite remember why though.
I prefer Frank, a solid no nonsense name.

The Franklin Expedition.

A hard no from me!

It has a tease -ability rating, unfortunately! ( An activity which rhymes with Frank)

I think it is mint

It’s pretty popular at the moment