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Friend and I are arguing over it. I thought Franklyn Beth was a nice first/middle name combination and he said if he was a kid he'd have probably bullied her for it.
Edit: I've received death threats in my DMs over this post, people threatening to kill my "kid", burn down my house, r*pe my family etc. I don't have kids, and I never will. My buddy and I were sitting around laughing and having some beers, throwing around some stupid names.
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It's a boy's name and she'd have to constantly correct people who spell it the normal way.
r/tragedeigh
This is the answer. Names don't need to be fresh and trendy.
*phreche and trendeigh
Phranklyn would be a phreche name
*Phraynklyhngh
Karim phreche
Phreche is sending me
I agree. Kids are not accessories to show off your uniqueness
The "Lyn" ending makes it an immediate tragedeigh candidate.
Please don’t give your child a name that can’t be spelled intuitively. Your ding your child to never having their name spelled correctly for the rest of their lives. You may not think it’s a big deal, but it is.
My ex gave his daughter a more common name, but replaced a one of the letters used in spelling it with a y. He told me he regretted it so much now because he has doomed his daughter to never having her name spelled correctly for the rest of her life. He said he never thought about the fact that she’s going to have to correct or spell her name out loud every time she gives it.
I also have a common name that I can have three different versions of the spelling, and I’m in my 60s and every time I give my name I have to spell it. Don’t do this to your child.
Also, it contributes to the lopsided gender-theft trend by which more and more boy names become “trendy” girl names, but then social stigma means that traditional boy names like Ashley, Leslie etc become harder and harder for boys to have.
My argument is you should not give your girl a boy name unless you would give your boy a girl name. If you won’t name your boy Jenna, then don’t co-opt Franklin.
The spelling and the feeling that it’s Frank + Lyn does tip over into tradgedeigh territory.
That said “Frankie” is a girl’s name/nickname (for Frances? Francine?) as immortalized in the song “Frankie and Johnny” and the Michelle Pfeiffer movie.
I've met a couple of Francescas that go by Frankie, and it's cute.
It's more complicated than a simple "gender-theft trend" IMO. There is research which suggests the benefits of naming girls masculine or neutral names and shows the challenges of naming boys feminine names. We considered this when naming our two children (named one name in utero without knowing gender).
The link below shows a more detailed explanation and has links to studies, but the TLDR is:
"Research also finds that girls with more masculine names are more likely to be successful in the traditionally male-dominated legal career. One study which tested this effect (referred to as the “Portia Effect”) found that females with more masculine names were more likely to achieve leadership positions such as judgeships. The researchers speculated that these results may reflect gender bias."
"On the other hand, research finds that boys with more gender-neutral names (such as Taylor, Jamie, and Shannon) tend to show more behavioral problems in school and score lower on academic tests. This particularly occurs as boys get older and upon entry to middle school. This trend may reflect the different expectations that teachers have for boys with more gender-neutral names and that gender-neutral names for boys are less accepted by society than gender-neutral names for girls."
https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/parenting-translator/202307/the-research-on-baby-names
Franklyn is an all around awful name for a girl and cheesy spelling for a boy.
She would keep asking people to call her “lyn” or another name instead bc she’s gonna hate that shit 💀
Frankie is a nice girls name though
Yeah, as short for Francesca
Francine or Francis too
Not in my opinion. I know a lot of people like it, but I’d absolutely HATE being called Frankie.
Frankie or Florence may be better options for a human girl. Franklin is a boy turtle.
Or Francesca even. Not definitely not Franklyn lol
For real. Francesca first name, middle name Lynn.
Ahh Franc. Lynn!
Frankie Lynn rocks
Hey it's Franklin Comin over to playayay
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my name is florence! i went by my middle name more often, but when i did go by florence, i was often called flo. as a kid i thought it was quite cute and reminded me of flowers. other than the frequent comparison to the lady in the progressive commercials and the occasional comment about it being a "grandma name", i always liked flo :)
Flo is a good nickname tho
Especially accompanied by Rida.
You jest, but my mom goes by Flo, and was close with my aunt Rita. I'm surprised there weren't more FloRita jokes when those gals went out gambling.
Spelling it stupid does not make it cute.
Please tell everyone from utah this asap
Nor does it make it feminine.
Frank- Lynne
Yeah that's a bad name
LOL Franklyn Beth is like fetch in mean girls
Phreighnquelynne
Perfectionne.
Perfeighctionne
Perpheckdthyonn
Phreighnquelynne is freaking inspired
Franklin is a turtles name
Hey! It's Franklyn! Coming over to your house!
a male turtle
Horrible name for a girl
That is an awful name, please do not do that to your baby girl as she will get bullied.
and get called Frankenstein
Franklynstein
Any way you spell Franklin it's a horrible name to give a girl.
Let’s be honest, it’s not even a very good name for a boy.
Frankly.
I hope your last name is Stein
Like it or not, names have genders associated with them.
This is absolutely "a boy named Sue" territory, Franklyn is a boys name. It could lead to bullying and a lifetime of "no thats actually my name" clarifications.
Hey at least we might get a song out of it.
What is the most manly name? Hank?. William? John ?.
A girl named John.
Hahaha
I have a unisex name and got bullied for it all throughout school lol. This is not a solid direction to go in 😅
This post is freaking me the fuck out.
My baby has a non-American name (husbands country of origin) that people have confused as a girls name. Not everyone, but definitely has happened.
I love the name, but it would kill me if he got bullied over it.
Kids will bully other kids over anything.
Right - so dont make an easier target naming a boy Amanda, lol. Or a girl Frank. Foreign names get a pass in my childhood experience though.
Kids will bully anyone for anything, that's the sad reality. However, I think a name from a different culture is different from scenarios like this. I grew up with a non-Western name (immigrant parents) and while it did cause some inconveniences for me, I am still glad to have the name because it is a representation of a part of my family's history and my own heritage. And the name itself isn't strange, just as I assume your son's name isn't strange. IIt's just a name from another culture. It has a great meaning in my parents' language.
I think that makes it a completely different scenario than someone choosing to give their kid an inconvenient/'out there' name because they want to.
Replacing an “i” with a “y” does not a feminine name make. I don’t know if I would call giving a girl the name Franklyn cruel. Just look at the dumb things people call their kids sometimes. But it’s not a great girls name.
I think the feminine form of Franklin is Francine.
Do Francine instead of Franklyn.
Francine, Frances, Francesca can all be paired with Lynn as a middle name. Then you could CALL her Frankie Lynn or Franklyn, but FFS don’t NAME her that. Sheesh 🙄
Francesca is also the name if a type of throwing axe, so that's the obvious choice between them.
Or, 'The Frankster'
Frankerino
Frankito
Frankaroo?
a) Franklin is a boys name.
b) Franklyn is bordering on r/tragedeigh territory.
No, it’s definitely a tragedeigh!
You are just asking for your child to get bullied
There are so many much better names available.
please be so fr. the name franklin is reserved for male turtles who wear red scarves and go on woodland adventures
Yes. It's a boy's name and also it's spelled wrong.
It’s going to be funny when your kid kills you in your sleep for this.
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Boy names on girls but spelled wrong are just really fucking boring at this point tbh. Congrats, you had the same idea as every other uncreative millennial with a greige nursery.
Recoiled with fear upon seeing "greige" again for the first time in years
Taupe.