still undecided! iris or frances?

[silver18]

more help needed! 3 weeks to go and still cant decide between iris or frances x

Frances

Wait till the baby's born and decide when you've seen her.

both lovely

agree, both are lovely. I like Frankie as a nn.

frances

I have an 8 year old Iris, toyed with Frances for her too - with nn Fran - so not much help am I I suppose i have to vote for iris - 'tis a very strong feminine name imo

I think Iris is lovely - pretty.

Slight preference for Iris, Frances is lovely but don't really like its abbreviations Fran, Frankie or Fanny. Like Francesca with "Chess" for short, though.

Frances

Iris

Iris....Issy for short

Well there you have it. Very conclusive I'd say

Iris without a doubt. If my bump is a girl she'll have Iris as a middle name (after my nan - who is an absolute superstar of a lady).

I prefer Iris. I find Frances a bit too ambiguous, whereas Iris is pretty and feminine.

Iris here too. Don't find Frances very feminine or anything.

I think Iris too. I don't like Frances much at all (have an aunt...) Whereas Iris is a lovely name

I really like both, sorry that was no help at all. If I had to choose though would probably lean towards Iris.

I love them both but particularly Iris.

I love them both, but lean more towards Iris.

Iris, without a doubt.

Not keen on Frances personally - though love the nn Frankie.

like Frances but love Iris as it's more immediately pretty - it's a flower and a rainbow (and an eye part) - Frances sounds more serious and pious.

Only English speakers can pronounce Frances (Fron-cess? France? Fran-ches? Vrunzess?) so I'm going to vote against my own name and say Iris.

I am a Frances. I love my name. It gets my vote. Iris is pretty but fashionable right now. Whereas Frances is unusual but classic. Hurrah for all Frances' worldwide!

I vote for Iris

Iris is lovely