Middle Name Spelling

Christine610

We are team green and finally decided on names. If we have a girl the middle name was going to be after my paternal grandmother. Her name is Frances. I dislike that name and decided to change it to Francine. DH wasn't crazy about it, but seemed ok. Then he went out of town with his dad and must have talked about the names, and he learned his paternal grandmother's middle name was Frances (she passed away in October 2007, and we were both close to her). Now he wants Frances and not Francine. "Ok" I said, it's just a middle name and if it means that much it's fine, but I want to spell it.

FRANCESS

with an extra S it just seems prettier to me.

What do you think?? I don't want to give her a crazy spelling people won't be able to pronounce (am I thinking too hard it's just a middle name!)?

DLD102

No. I think if you want to honor her, you should spell it the way she did.

emmelen

No, that totally changes the way the name looks and sounds. Like Princes vs. Princess.

I would stick with Frances. I think it's a classic, adorable name, actually!

kcl22

It looks misspelled IMO.  Kind of made up, reminds me of 'prinCESS'.  I like plain old Frances.

But if you really like it, it is just a middle name, it'll turn into F. eventually anyways!

 

krissyh21

mj.reilly:

I thinkk Francess iss ridiculouss andd completelyy unnecessaryy.

Frances / Francis are fine. I know a girl named Frances (fn).

Thiss

Plus, if you are honoring someone, you really should not change the name or the spelling.

crystal959

I REALLY don't like Francess, looks like a Frances-Princess Mash up.

erin.ryan

I really dislike when people add extra letters for no reason. Frances is a classic and is much nicer spelled with one 's'. I agree with pp's that it looks like princess spelled the other way. Plus, it would be much nicer to honor the g-ma's with the proper spelling.

CutieBean79

ditto everyone else.  The spelling is weird and it doesn't quite honor your grandmothers if the spelling is different.  Having said that, it is the middle name so I think you can get away with more.

Emiliana7

Ditto to what everyone else has sid. Weird and looks like Princess.

j_luvs_r

DLD102:

No. I think if you want to honor her, you should spell it the way she did.

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sunnyday016

No.

OctoberCAPA

That iss amazingly bizarre.  It takess a lovely, classic name and changess it from the normal FRAN-ces pronunciation to making me want to say fran-SESS with the emphasiss on the second syllable.  Please just leave it alone.

funnibaby

krissyh21:

mj.reilly:

I thinkk Francess iss ridiculouss andd completelyy unnecessaryy.

Frances / Francis are fine. I know a girl named Frances (fn).

Thiss

Plus, if you are honoring someone, you really should not change the name or the spelling.

This

Christine610

Thanks for your help. I found it spelled like that in a baby names book, but it kinda looked funny to me too. Frances it is!