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?

Love it. A classic name and will not date.

Agreed too wet and a girls name to me.

My next door neighbour’s child was a Francis - he was known as Frankie as a child but has elected to be a Frank now he’s an adult.

Please bear in mind there are two differing pronunciations depending on which part of the country you’re in. Northerners will pronounce the name without a silent ‘r’ sound whereas other parts of the country will sound it out as ‘Frarncis’. You need to be comfortable with both!

It would be a no from me. I’m not a huge fan, but mostly I can’t imagine that teenage Francis or 25-year-old Francis would actually like their name. I guess Frank is okay.

I mean, ok. I have spent many decades hearing people telling me I pronounce things "wrong". It's the difference between a long and a short "a" sound, rather than "putting an extra r in". I genuinely don't understand why people have a problem with two different pronunciations being equally valid.

It’s just like the difference in pronunciation with bath, grass etc. I guess it’s just a little less common for that to impact someone’s given name. As we have one parent with a southern accent and one with a northern accent we should have thought this through really!

Exactly - both are correct but it's a bit confusing for a given name, which is why we avoided it. I would have been constantly repeating it in the Southern way in my head 🤣