Francis

[Girlmamaplus1boy]

Is Francis too old fashioned? Is it too girly for a boy? Nn would be Fran

My girls are Beatrice (Bea) and Maeve

"think it’s twee and wet sorry"

Tamed a man eating wolf, what more do you want?

No. I would never call a boy Francis.

You’re a genius, thankyou! I actually already like that name too.

I prefer Francesco. It is odd as I feel I would need to be Italian to use it as a name, but would be fine with Francesca!

"I love a soft name, especially for boys, and now I’m trying to work out what Florrie could be short for (on a boy) because I love it! 🤣"

Flurry Knox in the Irish RM was Florence

I love the name Francis, but not so keen on the nn Fran.

Clearly not the name Francis.
My opinion is my opinion. It’s a meh name and I don’t like it

I went to college with a Francis, he was cool and into photography.

It was on my list for DC2 but DP vetoed it.

I think unless you live somewhere particularly secluded and conservative it'll be fine.

Don't think you can plan on nicknames either, they tend to evolve naturally.

I really dislike it for a boy, it's a really limp, girly sounding name to me. I really like Francesco though and also like some other quite 'girly' names for boys - ie Rowan. But to me Francis is really wet sounding.

Goodness how horrid is that

Ah, those famous wet people from history--
Sir Francis Drake (circumnavigated the globe in the Elizabethan era)
Francis Ford Coppola (and his famously wet Godfather films)
St Francis of Assisi
Francis Crick (Nobel prize winner biologist)
Francis Bacon (kinda invented the scientific method)

Don’t forget the famous Franks and Frankies, including, but not limited to:

Frank Sinatra, Frank Lloyd Wright, Frank Zappa, Frankie Valli, the Frankie of Frankie and Bennies…

Cissies the lot of them, clearly.

Nice name

Fran Healy, (male) singer of Travis.

Love it. My sisters middle name is Frances.

I love Francis (nn Frank) and Frances (nn Fran) for a girl. I do think you got to stick to the genders though. Fran would be a girl to me

I love Francis/Fran it’s a great name. DS3 has a Francisco in his year at school who goes by Frannie, it’s a rough school in special measures and nobody makes fun of it. His friend Clinton gets called card shop though.

I think it’s awful for a boy or girl. Really dated. Not a classic but just old fashioned. I know two females called Frances, both in their 70s.

@Moveoverdarlin ,it's a classic. As in saint's name, pope's name, used for centuries, etc. You not like it doesn't stop that.

Ok. It’s an awful classic then. In the same way that John and Paul are classics, but you wouldn’t lumber a little boy in 2025 with those names.

I would describe George, James, Harry, William as timeless classics that still stand the test of time. Not Frances / Francis.

I know a few young Johns. I like it. Paul's fine too, and Richard. I definitely wouldn't call it 'lumbering', and definitely better than Archie, Alfie, Luca or Arlo.

Thank you so much! I don't even know how anybody can decide that John or Paul (absolutely simple, straightforward, sturdy, pleasant names used for centuries) are somehow horrible names to "lumber" a child with . Of course I'm an old lady and in my day people would have never lumbered a child with Archie or Alfie . . . ..

Francis is a lovely name

Yes part of me agrees with this, and it is classic but I’m not sure I would feel I could run with it.

I do know a (very cool, very handsome!) Francesco?