Francis

[Katherine278]

This is my top contender and has confirmed after recently meeting the loveliest little Francis I am only sceptical of others opinions thinking it is feminine and slightly wet.
Will it be shortened to Fran or Frank?

I like it
I like Fran for a boy as a nickname too, but not as keen on Frankie

Very weak and namby-pamby. I would imagine a Francis always to be sickly and pale.

Lovely name - and the pet forms Frank and Frankie are lovely too imo.

Not wet or wimpy at all. Saint Francis was a force of nature.

Love it and you have a cute kid nickname in Frankie, then teenager Frank and finally Consultant Surgeon Francis 👌

I like it a lot. It has a Roman Catholic connotation for me - not sure if that is a pro, con, or irrelevant to you.

I like it! Like Francis nn Frankie or even Frank. You’re never going to please everyone!

My brother early 40's is Francis. We shortened it to Fran in our family, his wife calls him Frankie. Our dads name was also the same but he always got called Franco, Frank or (I dontknow the spelling it was either meant to be Irish or spanish but Phronchias.

PROINNSIAS, PROINNSÉAS, PRÓINSIAS - Irish Names and Surnames I spelled that very wrong I am a dreadful Irish person:

I really like it. Classy and underused.

It's a classic name and far better than many others.

It is a classic name and it’s also not that common. Frankie is nice, Frank ok but I’m not keen on the name Francis itself and think it doesn’t conjure up a good image.

But I think a name becomes you and you don’t become the name.

I like Francis. The one I know (boy age 15) is called Frankie for short.

i have a Francis and this was exactly my reasoning - he is universally known as Frankie at the moment but I like the fact he has a choice of going by names that conjure up quite different impressions. Frankie is cheeky/fun/familiar, Frank sounds solid/dependable/robust, Francis sounds arty/soft/proper.

I do have mild regret though at choosing a name where the vowel sound differs depending on your accent (as someone else mentioned) - I’ve got northern roots but live in the south and I constantly feel like I don’t pronounce it correctly!

Lovely name but the two ways to pronounce it just annoy me

Gorgeous manly name for me - absolutely go for it.

I love it!! Such a handsome name

Love Francis and Frankie, not keen on Fran as a nickname though.

I like it, it was my Dad’s name, shortened to Frank. I also know a couple of younger Francis/Franks (primary age). None of them are wet or wimpy!

It’s my DH name
he’s an Irish catholic
ive never ever considered it not manly, he is known as Fran

As well as Fran, Frankie and Frank I also know a Francis who goes by France.

I love it. It’s a front runner for me. Could do Frankie as a nn if you wanted.

No I don’t like it either. I know a little Francis and they call him Francie which is such a weedy name. So unfair on the kid as he grows up.

I have an Uncle Francis, the loveliest man ever. So refreshing to hear someone asking about a sensible name and not some made up nonsense name!

I love it. Frank or Frankie would be great as nicknames!

Absolutely love it. Enough to give it to one of my boys.