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It's meh. There are other Fran names I like way better.

A bit old fashioned, but pretty. Though Francesca I prefer, Francine is charming. I once heard of a pug called Francine, a cute dog she was and the name sounded nice for her.

A good friend of my sister's named her daughter Francine. At the time both my sister and I were kind of like, "What?" Not that it was horrible, but just not great and unexpected, but not unexpected in a good way. That Francine must be in her mid-twenties now.

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I don't like it much, on an American child anyway. It sounds like it's trying too hard and it makes me think of abused women, because of Francine Hughes.

Hi Septapus !!!

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Uhm...Francine...
I much prefer Françoise, Fanny or even Franny.

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There is nothing wrong with it but..I prefer other forms.

This message was edited 1/14/2019, 2:42 AM

It's alright although it does sound a bit stuck up or assertive. One of those names that would fit into a certain catergory. Not meaning anything against it.
It makes me think of that one character from a show I used to religiously watch as a child called 'Arthur'