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Re: Frank
I think it might be considered hipsterish by Nameberry because the sound of it is unfashionable - not because it is fashionable, like Atticus or Isla are. I'd say Francis and Frankie are more hipster, while Frank is more retro and risky (not really in a good way, but it benefits from some famous bearers). I think Frank is in the same league as Walter and Arthur and Fred - way, way out of style, but common enough and dignified enough, and not so fashion-driven that it makes a statement like "I'm so cool, I can carry off a name from a glamorous past era, that you had forgotten existed."I thought long and hard about naming my son Francis, because it's a family name and I really like it. But my husband would not have wanted to call him Francis. So I was looking at Frankie (has greasy 50s stereotype I don't like) and Frank (which to me is a fusty old man name like Earl or Wayne, since it was the name my uncle and grandfather went by). So, Francis got taken off my shortlist.I've seen one young man with the name Francis on his name tag. I've not run across any young Franks or Frankies at all. I think it's fairly infrequent still.

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