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It’s perhaps a bit old fashioned, but I think Frances is a nice name. Not too grown up for a child, yet sounds perfectly mature for a grown woman. However, there is the nn Fanny, which is apparently an inappropriate slang word nowadays. There is Frankie, though, but a nn isn’t a necessity, really. WDYT?
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I think you're right, it's nice but feels old-fashioned. Francis (m) seems more appealing to me - both Frances and Francis do have a sort of chilly, cerebral, demure, even 'edgy' vibe, which seems a little less modern on a woman. I think you're right that it doesn't need a nickname.
My mother's best friend is named Frances and she has always been known as Fran. (Born around 1939) I like Fran. It's casual but not cute, not aggressive and artificial like Frankie, and not floofy like Fanny. It does sound dated, like the 1950s, but I think it's unexpected rather than blowsy. Like Jean. Franny / Frannie is another option but I don't like it - I just don't like the anny sound in any name.
My mother's best friend is named Frances and she has always been known as Fran. (Born around 1939) I like Fran. It's casual but not cute, not aggressive and artificial like Frankie, and not floofy like Fanny. It does sound dated, like the 1950s, but I think it's unexpected rather than blowsy. Like Jean. Franny / Frannie is another option but I don't like it - I just don't like the anny sound in any name.
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It just occurs to me that Fran sounds just a little bit like "friend," and I think that makes me like it more.
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I don't like Frances or Frankie. I find Frances boring and Frankie affected. Neither as bad as the horribly ugly Fran which is the diminutive I've come across most. I absolutely love Francis for a boy though
I'm not sure where you're from but Fanny as slang for women's genitals has been in use for a very long time in England and is beginning to fall out of use
Eta As Pie says Fanny is currently unusable here but I think won't be in the near future
I'm not sure where you're from but Fanny as slang for women's genitals has been in use for a very long time in England and is beginning to fall out of use
Eta As Pie says Fanny is currently unusable here but I think won't be in the near future
This message was edited 8/17/2018, 2:17 AM
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here in the US ...
Fanny is slang for backside, butt. It isn't vulgar like in the UK, more like something your grandma might say, and never in a sexualized way. "Sit your fanny down and be quiet" or "I fell down flat on my fanny" for instance.
Fanny is slang for backside, butt. It isn't vulgar like in the UK, more like something your grandma might say, and never in a sexualized way. "Sit your fanny down and be quiet" or "I fell down flat on my fanny" for instance.
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Oh, that right. I’m American, but I guess I spend so much time on the internet, its meaning in other cultures stuck with me when I started this thread :P
Would still be a terrible name lol
Would still be a terrible name lol
This message was edited 8/17/2018, 9:36 AM
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I really like Frances! I can’t quite pinpoint what it is, but she has a certain down-to-earth, sensible, no nonsense vibe that appeals to me. I love Frankie for a girl, although Frances and Frankie feel different to me, but I agree Frances doesn’t need a nn. I doubt Fanny would come up, Franny maybe, but I like the vintage feel of Franny.
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It's okay/dignified, but I wouldn't want it as a name, and I don't enjoy seeing it either.
I don't like it partly because the meaning is a letdown; it seems like naming someone Frenchie or France's.
Beyond that, she sounds like a librarian, which is fine, but the specificity of that makes it feel less wearable to me.
NNs...
Fanny is unfortunate, as you mentioned. Frankie sounds like an immature tomboy. Francie rhymes with fancy, and I imagine a poodle when I hear it. Fran and Frank are okay, but I prefer them as masculine. I definitely agree it doesn't need a NN; it's only two syllables, anyway.
I don't like it partly because the meaning is a letdown; it seems like naming someone Frenchie or France's.
Beyond that, she sounds like a librarian, which is fine, but the specificity of that makes it feel less wearable to me.
NNs...
Fanny is unfortunate, as you mentioned. Frankie sounds like an immature tomboy. Francie rhymes with fancy, and I imagine a poodle when I hear it. Fran and Frank are okay, but I prefer them as masculine. I definitely agree it doesn't need a NN; it's only two syllables, anyway.
This message was edited 8/16/2018, 5:22 PM
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I don't think Frances is attractive at all. It's frumpy and dowdy but at the same time it's got hipster/yuppie vibes to it.
I doubt very much that Fanny would ever come up as a nn for Frances; anybody that did try to push that would be doing it deliberately for shock or ironic value.
There's always Franny. Kind of strikes a balance between Fanny and Frankie.
I doubt very much that Fanny would ever come up as a nn for Frances; anybody that did try to push that would be doing it deliberately for shock or ironic value.
There's always Franny. Kind of strikes a balance between Fanny and Frankie.
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