Lennon or Franklin

[Panther263]

Which would you pick? I love the nn Lenny and personally would not shorten Franklin to Frank. I know I cannot decide nn’s at school

Franklin. I like Lenny but not Lennon - it's a bit too Beatles or Lenin. (Leonard is fine though.)

Oh dear. Awful names sorry. Franklin is the protagonist in GTA 5.

I have a Lennon!
He’s only ever been called Lennon though…not Lenny or Len.
He’s 20 now and was named after John Lennon although I think there’s enough Lennon’s around now that people wouldn’t instantly presume you’re a Beatles fan!

I like Franklin, he's the clever kid from Snoopy.

Lennon.

They're both terrible, sorry.

I know a Franklin who's nickname is Franklinstein.

My DS had a friend from nursery called Lemon, who turned out to be a Lennon (how we laughed at DS's mis-hearing).

Franklin is much nicer!

Franklin is nice. Lenny is OK, but as a NN for Leonard, not Lennon. I think Lennon is the name of one of the Gallagher brothers' children? It's really cringey imo.

Not Franklin if you don't like Frank. I think Frank is OK, although I'm not that keen but I don't like Franklin at all.

Lennon is too John & Yoko, but Leonard is really nice.

I dislike both, but Franklin is tad better. I just think Lennon sounds bad.

I like Lenny and Frank / Frankie nn’s more than either full name. Personally I think I’d go for Frank as the name on the bc, but you’ve said that you’re not so keen on that, so in your case I’d choose Lennon nn Lenny.

I quite like Lennon/Lenny.

I really dislike Franklin, sorry. Francis is nice but I would only use it as a middle name as I don't like Frank.

I don’t like either, personally.

Though I do really like both Frank and Len/Lenny. I’d have them as nicknames for Francis and Leonard, though, which seem quite different!

I like Lennon a lot more than Franklin

I prefer Franklin (although I'm not overly fond of either one if I'm honest)

Francis maybe?

I love Franklin! He's a tall, dark and gorgeous character from a film I love. Very strong and masculine. However, I wouldn't use it in this country as it's not popular and does sound like an OAP.

Franklin feels very American to me. Not saying that is a bad thing though.

Lennon feels a bit tribute act because it’s not really a first name.

If you love Lenny, you could call him Leonard.

I used to know a wee Leonard who must be about 9 now.

Not 100% to my taste but a nice enough name imo and you won't have many in the same class

I prefer Lennon, Franklin makes me think of the cartoon turtle!

Both names are awful in different ways.

If you love nn Lenny, then - Leonard.

And Francis as the alternative, with Frank as the nn.

Franklin

DS has a friend called Franklin and he’s known as Franklin, no one shortens it to Frank, because he doesn’t want them to!

Lennon sounds 1990’s to me, I think one of the Gallagher brothers has a son called Lennon.

Franklin is awful and Lennon makes you look like you're copying Liam Gallagher