View Message

I fell in love with the name Nancy last year when my English teacher suggested I read the biography of Nancy Wake for a reading log. She was a really prolific resistance fighter during WWII and was codenamed 'The White Mouse' by the Germans. You can read a little about her here if you are curious: http://www.nzedge.com/heroes/wake.html (Plus isn't that picture beautiful?).

---

So lately I have kinda been infatuated with having a little baby Nancy. Cute, right? But I am kinda bothered by the fact that it is a nickname.

---

So this is what I have come up with as full names for Nancy:
Anne, the obvious. I probably wouldn't use this though, for a variety of reasons.
Constance. This was the name of my great-grandmother, so it would be honouring her also (and she was pretty great too).
Just Nancy on it's own, which I think is fine.
Francine/ Frances. I am really curious how everybody pronounces these. I have always said FRAHN-ses, but BtN says FRAN-ses and fran-SEEN which I think would work well for NN Nancy.

---

In summary: WDYTO Nancy? What do you like it best as a NN for (Or not as a NN at all)? How do you pronounce Frances/ Francine? Do you have any combo ideas for Nancy or any of her full forms?

---

TIA!