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Frank

49 replies

Firsttimemama2026 · 29/11/2025 11:41

What’s your honest opinion? This is my top contender for DS1 due in 2026 but having worries over popularity recently?
how many do you know?

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24Dogcuddler · 29/11/2025 14:39

One age 86 another similar age, his grandson age 30 has it for a middle name.
Love it might be Frankie when younger?

Moreteaandchocolate · 29/11/2025 17:25

I quite like it - and Frankie is lovely when he’s little.

schoolsoutforever · 29/11/2025 18:29

I love the name. I have met no young Franks but plenty Frankies. I'm not keen on the latter but love Frank.

DarkEyedSailor · 29/11/2025 18:31

I know a fifty year old Frank, a Franklin the same ish age and a little Frankie. I love it.

ItsmeMargo · 29/11/2025 18:33

My grandad was called Frank, he hated it! The only Frankies I’ve ever known have been girls… Not keen.

Baddaybigcloud · 29/11/2025 18:34

classic!! Would have been my sons name if my husbands best friend wasn’t Frank

ElsieJay · 29/11/2025 18:34

Not for me, sorry.

wakeboarder · 29/11/2025 18:36

Love it

Astrabees · 29/11/2025 18:36

The only one I knew hated it and called himself Fran instead.

thatoldchestnut · 29/11/2025 18:37

I like it.

RealEagle · 29/11/2025 18:39

I’ve got a grandson frankie he’s now 13,we call him frank most of the time .So good choice .

BeWellJ · 29/11/2025 18:39

Always seems like the sort of name people call a baby for a joke, like calling the dog Dave. So it's a no from me.

catin8oot5 · 29/11/2025 18:40

My grandpa was Franklin. Like Frank. Frankie is dreadful for either sex

ThankGodItsAutumn · 29/11/2025 18:42

I know a teenage Frankie and Franklin so don't see why not.

Shedeboodinia · 29/11/2025 19:10

We have a teen Frank in the family. It's a great name!

FigurativelyDying · 29/11/2025 19:22

I met a gorgeous baby Frank last weekend. Lovely name. They call him Frankie or Frank. We also have a good friend aged 67 who is Frank, so I am predisposed to like the name anyway. Go for it. I had reservations about my son’s name as it was v old fashioned and I only knew old men with that name. By the time he got to school he was one of several in his year

HoldingTheDoor · 29/11/2025 19:25

It’s such an ugly and harsh sounding name imo. I can’t imagine looking at a lovely newborn and thinking that I’d call him Frank.

Peternell · 30/11/2025 05:14

I love it.

muddyford · 30/11/2025 05:34

Love it as DF and DGF's name.

Mariammaom · 30/11/2025 07:12

I only know Francescas known as Frankie

EleanorReally · 30/11/2025 07:31

i like it, but only because my friend's grandson was called that

Gratedcamembert · 30/11/2025 07:40

I really like it but too much of a wimp to choose it myself. Not keen on Frankie either, which I guess would be inevitable.

BrickBiscuit · 30/11/2025 07:46

Talk to Frank

IstillloveKingThistle · 30/11/2025 07:49

Superb name .

Alongside Teddy , Vinnie etc

Love it . I really do.

So much better than all these made up pretentious names these days that seem to get getting worse with each cohort at school.

Go for it 💙

Calliopespa · 30/11/2025 11:06

I'll be "frank": I don't like it.

It always makes me think of Frank Spencer.

Franklin is the name of a President or a cartoon turtle.

How about Fred, Freddie, Frederick?