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I really love the name Francis. It might just be a positive-association thing though, I know two really nice guys named Francis (they're 12 and 19) along with a few older Franks who seem like good guys :).

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As for a middle name, I think Oliver (not Oliver James) and Avery are both nice.

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What about Francis Joel, Francis Timothy or Francis Joseph? Depending on how many syllables the last name would be.

It always sounded kind of sissy to me. I love it in theory but I wouldn't use it in life because of that reason.

I LOVE it. It's very very personal to me. It's such a strong, handsome name. I'd definitely consider using it as a fn, but my DH thinks it's too feminine. :/ But we would use it as a mn if we're unable to use Frances on a girl.

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Anyway, none of your combos have the right feel for me. They're nice enough, though.

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Man, I wish I was at home so I could tell you all of my combos! I unfortunately can't think of any of mine off the top of my head. I don't think I actually even have that many since it's so tied to a specific thing for me.

Francis was my favorite boys' name for years. Now I'm a little bit more into Frank, and mixing up my boys' names in general. Anyhow, Francis is still an A1 choice. I'm not crazy about any of your choices, they're all a bit effete to me. Probably Francis Alexander is my favorite of those three, but I think the -an sounds are too repetitive. Sorry I'm no help, but I'm then again I could hardly ever think of a mn I liked with Francis! I often have that problem with my very favorite names...

Francis Oliver James is great.

It's ok. It's def. preferable to Aidan, Eithan, Liam, Jacob and adulterated spellings of Jacob.

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Francis Alexander and Francis Oliver (w/out James added... it feels like filler there and Oliver James is rather typical and boring) are good.

This message was edited 9/23/2010, 6:10 AM