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I'm surprised that so many people don't like this name... I had a friend named this, and really, it doesn't sound bad at all. It doesn't even seem weird. I think it's nice, and I really don't know why so many people can't stand it. Seriously, have any of you actually heard it used, and do you actually know what you would think if you heard it?
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I have a friend who goes by this name (nickname for Frances), and I like it A LOT! Personally, I wouldn't name my kid this, but I can assure you that it doesn't sound bad at all on a person. I like the way it sounds, and I wouldn't check it off immediately as a name 'I would never use for my daughter'. :D.
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I say this with upmost respect for anyone with these lovely names, but, just like I could never use Delilah or Jezebel I can't use Fancy because I could never name my daughter after someone literally known for their loose morals. It is cute for a cat or dog, though. They don't have to live up to their name, they just have to be cute, or Fancy, as the case may be lol.
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Fancy could be a nickname for Epifania, Francesca, Myfanwy, Stephanie and Tiffany.
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Fancy Nancy. I'm sorry, but this is a terrible name.
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I absolutely love the name Fancy. I see it has some bad reviews but I think we’re all forgetting that Fancy is the alter ego of the legend (and my personal hero) Reba McIntyre. Reba can do no wrong. Beautiful tunes, her own lipstick brand, and a syndicated sitcom. Reba even portrayed Colonel Sanders with grace. I watched her show every single day after school; hell - I even had her poster up in my college dorm. If Fancy is good enough a name for Reba, it’s good enough for me. As Queen Reba would say - “here’s your one chance, Fancy! Don’t let me down!”.
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I really don't Fancy this name. It just doesn't sound right on a human to me.
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Nice on a female cat, terrible on a child.
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Ridiculous name for a human.
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Ugh. I HATE HATE HATE Fancy Nancy, and this is just H.O.R.R.I.B.L.E.
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Pretty conceited and ridiculous name for a human.
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I don't Fancy this name.
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I have lived with the name Fancy as a surname for 60 years. Trust me, as a kid it wasn't fun, but as an adult you are well remembered in business and it's always a great conversation starter. As a surname it has been around since the doomsday book of 1066. The are a dozen definitions since then. As a first name it is rare, likely given as a term of endearment, as in Pansy, Honey or Angel. Fancy that!
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Wtf? This is a NAME?! Hell NO! D:
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Often used as a nickname for Frances, Francine, etc.
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Can also be used as a nickname for Frances or Nancy.
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Like most of the other commenters, I really don't think that this is a good stand alone name. Fancy would be an okay nick-name for Frances, but as a first name, it just seems trashy.
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Good for pets. Not for people.
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I think this is a totally adorable nickname for Frances.
Also, I had a pet mouse named Fancypants I called Fancy, which was fun. I thought it was a pretty good pet name.
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Also, I had a pet mouse named Fancypants I called Fancy, which was fun. I thought it was a pretty good pet name.
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How would you react if someone said 'hi, I'm Fancy?' Not a good name.
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This shouldn't be a name at all. Not even a nickname.
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No way. This name should not belong to a real person.
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I believe that Fancy's origins lie in Frances. In Thomas Hardy's novel 'Under the Greenwood Tree', Fancy Day is the name of the village schoolmistress. In 1880s England I don't think you could put 'Fancy' on a birth certificate - I'm sure she was Frances on paper. If you think about it, Fancy makes just as much sense as Fanny for a nickname for Frances, and pretty much every other girl in those days went by Fanny.
I love Fancy, but only as a family nickname for Frances - I wouldn't like to have to explain it to strangers all the time and be stuck with it for job applications.
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I love Fancy, but only as a family nickname for Frances - I wouldn't like to have to explain it to strangers all the time and be stuck with it for job applications.
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The girl, and later the woman, would get quite a few ''fancy schmansy'' jokes over the course of her lifetime, and the name is quite silly and infantile. How about naming the girl Frances and calling her Fancy?
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I'm not sure about giving this name to a human.
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I don't really like this name. It sounds like it should be the name of a pet, not a person, to me.
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Fancy Crane is a character on the NBC soap opera "Passions." She actually has the nice name in the family. Her little sister is named Pretty. Big surprise that this show has been cancelled.
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I knew a horse named Fancy. Not a good name for a person.
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I think this is a beautiful name! It makes me think of a little red haired girl, who's completely lovely, and not AT ALL trash. It would make a great pet form of Frances. Also, "Fancy", by Reba, is my favorite song.
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Reba McEntire sings a song about a girl named Fancy. "Fancy" was written by Bobbie Gentry.
I remember it all very well lookin' back
It was the summer I turned eighteen
We lived in a one room, rundown shack
On the outskirts of New Orleans
We didn't have money for food or rent
To say the least we were hard pressed
Then Mama spent every last penny we had
To buy me a dancin' dress
Mama washed and combed and curled my hair
And she painted my eyes and lips then I stepped into a satin'dancin' dress that had a split on the side clean up to my hip
It was red velvet trim and it fit me good
Standin' back from the lookin' glass
There stood a woman where a half grown kid had stood
She said here's your one chance Fancy don't let me down
Here's your one chance Fancy don't let me down
Mama dabbled a little bit of perfume on my neck
And she kissed my cheek
Then I saw the tears wellin' up in her troubled eys
When she started to speak
She looked at a pitiful shackAnd then she looked at me and took a ragged breath
She said your Pa's run off and I'm real sick
And the baby's gonna starve to death
She handed me a heart shaped locket that said
"To thine own self be true"
And I shivered as I watched a roach crawl accross
The toe of my high heeled shoe
It sounded like somebody else that was talkin'
Askin' Mama what do I do
She said be nice to the gentlemen Fancy
And they'll be nice to you
She said here's your one chance Fancy don't let me down
Here's your one chance Fancy don't let me down
Lord forgive me for what I do, but if you want out
Well it's up to you
Now don't let me down you better start movin' uptown
Well, that was the last time I saw my Ma
The night I left that rickety shack
The welfare people came and took the baby
Mama died and I ain't been back
But the wheels of fate had started to turn
And for me there was no way out
And it wasn't very long 'til I knew exactly
What my Mama'd been talkin' about
I knew what I had to do but I made myself this solemn vow That I's gonna be a lady someday
Though I didn't know when or how
I couldn't see spending the rest of my life
With my head hung down in shame you know
I might have been born just plain white trash
But Fancy was my name
Here's your one chance Fancy don't let me down
Here's your one chance Fancy don't let me down
It wasn't long after that benevolent man
Took me off the street
And one week later I was pourin' his tea
In a five room hotel suite
I charmed a king, congressman
And an occasional aristocrat
Then I got me a Georgia mansion
In an elegant New York townhouse flat
And I ain't done bad
Now in this world there's a lot of self-righteous hippocrates
That would call me bad
And criticize Mama for turning me out
No matter how little we had
But though I ain't had to worry 'bout nothin'
For nigh on fifteen years
I can still hear the desperation in my poor
Mama's voice ringin' in my ears
She said, here's your one chance Fancy don't let me down
Here's your one chance Fancy don't let me down
Lord, forgive me for what I do
But if you want out well it's up to you
Now don't let me down
You Mama's gonna help you uptown
well I guess she did
I guess she did.
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I remember it all very well lookin' back
It was the summer I turned eighteen
We lived in a one room, rundown shack
On the outskirts of New Orleans
We didn't have money for food or rent
To say the least we were hard pressed
Then Mama spent every last penny we had
To buy me a dancin' dress
Mama washed and combed and curled my hair
And she painted my eyes and lips then I stepped into a satin'dancin' dress that had a split on the side clean up to my hip
It was red velvet trim and it fit me good
Standin' back from the lookin' glass
There stood a woman where a half grown kid had stood
She said here's your one chance Fancy don't let me down
Here's your one chance Fancy don't let me down
Mama dabbled a little bit of perfume on my neck
And she kissed my cheek
Then I saw the tears wellin' up in her troubled eys
When she started to speak
She looked at a pitiful shackAnd then she looked at me and took a ragged breath
She said your Pa's run off and I'm real sick
And the baby's gonna starve to death
She handed me a heart shaped locket that said
"To thine own self be true"
And I shivered as I watched a roach crawl accross
The toe of my high heeled shoe
It sounded like somebody else that was talkin'
Askin' Mama what do I do
She said be nice to the gentlemen Fancy
And they'll be nice to you
She said here's your one chance Fancy don't let me down
Here's your one chance Fancy don't let me down
Lord forgive me for what I do, but if you want out
Well it's up to you
Now don't let me down you better start movin' uptown
Well, that was the last time I saw my Ma
The night I left that rickety shack
The welfare people came and took the baby
Mama died and I ain't been back
But the wheels of fate had started to turn
And for me there was no way out
And it wasn't very long 'til I knew exactly
What my Mama'd been talkin' about
I knew what I had to do but I made myself this solemn vow That I's gonna be a lady someday
Though I didn't know when or how
I couldn't see spending the rest of my life
With my head hung down in shame you know
I might have been born just plain white trash
But Fancy was my name
Here's your one chance Fancy don't let me down
Here's your one chance Fancy don't let me down
It wasn't long after that benevolent man
Took me off the street
And one week later I was pourin' his tea
In a five room hotel suite
I charmed a king, congressman
And an occasional aristocrat
Then I got me a Georgia mansion
In an elegant New York townhouse flat
And I ain't done bad
Now in this world there's a lot of self-righteous hippocrates
That would call me bad
And criticize Mama for turning me out
No matter how little we had
But though I ain't had to worry 'bout nothin'
For nigh on fifteen years
I can still hear the desperation in my poor
Mama's voice ringin' in my ears
She said, here's your one chance Fancy don't let me down
Here's your one chance Fancy don't let me down
Lord, forgive me for what I do
But if you want out well it's up to you
Now don't let me down
You Mama's gonna help you uptown
well I guess she did
I guess she did.
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FANCY giving this silly name to your kid.
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