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Frank

62 replies

ScorpioMamax2 · 05/02/2026 15:03

I really love Frank but how
popular is it?
Is it a hard name to pull off?

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Latenightreader · 23/02/2026 00:33

Like a PP I'd go for Francis or Franklin on the birth cert and shorten it as a nickname. My grandad was Frank short for Francis and I have a Frances as a result.

FeliciaFancybottom · 23/02/2026 16:55

RedToothBrush · 22/02/2026 23:05

My grandfather was Frank. He was never bumbling nor stupid.

It's a cool name. Likely to become even more popular before it peaks imo.

You know I wasn't talking about your grandfather, right?

RedToothBrush · 23/02/2026 17:26

FeliciaFancybottom · 23/02/2026 16:55

You know I wasn't talking about your grandfather, right?

You know you you were being horrible about the name right?

NamingNoNames · 23/02/2026 17:41

FeliciaFancybottom · 05/02/2026 15:07

Being perfectly honest, maybe even a little blunt, I think it's awful. Forever associated with a bumbling, rather stupid man.

If you mean Frank Spencer, it was a 1970s TV series. For once, I don't think the association would mean anything to those born in 2026.

FeliciaFancybottom · 23/02/2026 17:58

RedToothBrush · 23/02/2026 17:26

You know you you were being horrible about the name right?

It's a horrible name imo.

SirChenjins · 23/02/2026 17:59

RedToothBrush · 23/02/2026 17:26

You know you you were being horrible about the name right?

Frank Spencer was a bumbling, stupid man - that was literally the whole premise of the character.

NamingNoNames · 23/02/2026 18:02

@SirChenjins , but it was about 50 years ago.

RaraRachael · 23/02/2026 18:13

I don't think anybody having a baby now would even know who Frank Spencer was.

When I read the stupid bumbling man comment I didn't realise that's who it meant

franksmama · 23/02/2026 18:28

RaraRachael · 23/02/2026 18:13

I don't think anybody having a baby now would even know who Frank Spencer was.

When I read the stupid bumbling man comment I didn't realise that's who it meant

I do Grin didn’t put me off, though!

SirChenjins · 23/02/2026 18:29

NamingNoNames · 23/02/2026 18:02

@SirChenjins , but it was about 50 years ago.

Yes - and I referred to that in my earlier post. FS was such a popular character though that for many people of a certain age and upwards it's always going to remind us of that bumbling, stupid man.

NamingNoNames · 23/02/2026 18:44

I associate the name with Frank Gardner and Frank Lampard.

ZenNudist · 23/02/2026 18:45

I think Francis nn Frank or Frankie.

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