I decided to go with the spelling [name_m]Frans[/name_m] (pronounced as France) but i also thought about what If I spell it Fr’ans to give it an even more unique twist. (It still would be pronounced like France)
As far as I know, diacritic and punctuation marks can’t be officially recorded in names in many states/places, so I think this one adds an unnecessary level of complication. [name_m]Frans[/name_m] is already highly unusual as it is.
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Well I just look up the name [name_m]Frans[/name_m] and it’s taken by some Swedish singer so I can’t use that spelling maybe if I go with “Fra’nz”
I’m sure there are more people than just him named [name_m]Frans[/name_m] (at least there has been historically), so I’m unsure why him having the name makes it unusable? (Please tell me if I’m missing something) [name_m]Franz[/name_m] is nice as well, but I don’t see why you’d add the (‘) if there is no special meaning and it doesn’t change the pronunciation.
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Because he’s using it in the same way [name_f]Beyoncé[/name_f] and [name_f]Madonna[/name_f] uses their names he’s going by his first name only rendering “Frans” unusable so now I have to try to come up with a different unique spelling of “France”
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[name_m]Ah[/name_m] okay that makes more sense, I’d never heard of him!
Imo it doesn’t look unique it just looks misspelled.
If that helps I’ve definitely never heard of Frans before and I highly doubt he’s an A-list celebrity like your examples.
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I’d stick with Frans. I’d wonder if Fr’ans was meant to be said '‘Fuh-rans’ rather than as one syllable. Franse, Franzz or Franns maybe?
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He could be one day and I don’t want the name to become synonymous with a random celebrity it wouldn’t be a unique name if someone else already has it like for example [name_f]Selena[/name_f] was already an established name that became synonymous with the Latina singer (and to a lesser extent [name_f]Selena[/name_f] Gomez) same thing with [name_f]Adele[/name_f] and [name_m]Drake[/name_m]
I think it’s very strange looking and will probably cause confusion about the pronunciation.
Personally, I’ve never heard of the singer [name_m]Frans[/name_m] - he may be well-known in his home country but he’s certainly nowhere near the level of international fame or success as somebody like [name_f]Madonna[/name_f] or [name_m]Drake[/name_m].
If you don’t want to use [name_u]France[/name_u] or [name_m]Frans[/name_m] then I’d suggest considering other names.
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Like what any other name I pick someone else has or it’s not unique and the unique names I do come with people just Slander then (like LaSkarre pronounced Luh-Scar-fee for example)
The placement of the apostrophe doesn’t make sense phonetically. Besides, Be’yonce is pretty much the same thing as [name_f]Beyonce[/name_f], so Fr’ans is pretty much the same thing as [name_m]Frans[/name_m]. I don’t know where you live but in [name_u]America[/name_u] the singer [name_m]Frans[/name_m] is completely unheard of so I think you’re fine to use [name_m]Frans[/name_m]!
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I don’t know where you are but at least in the US you can’t put characters on birth certificates in any way (in this situation you couldn’t use Fr’ans, but this also applies to foreign in names like Valentína). Ima be completely honest I don’t like that spelling at all, it just makes this harder for the wearer. I’ve never heard of the singer but even with that there’s tons of singers that go by only one name and the name is still popular and not completely connected to them (WILLOW, Adele, Selena (I’m Latino and live in a very large Hispanic community, it’s definitely a common name in general still), Sia etc). Frans is a very common name in Sweden at current so it’s to be expected that there’s at least one singer named it. It’s virtually impossible to think of a 100% complete unique name. Frans is already a well established name and has been used for centuries, being a version of Francis in multiple countries. I’d stick with Frans, it’s a well established, uncommon name in most places that ticks all the boxes
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How about MaximumFrans or Frans2.0
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I personally am not a fan. It doesn’t come off as unique but as a typo. I feel the name is unique enough and if you’re going for it I would just do the regular spelling because it just seems like trying too hard. Kind of like when I see [name_f]Izabella[/name_f] in stead of [name_f]Isabella[/name_f] (or other related trendy spellings for names)…. It just comes off not right.
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Hmm, I do know someone with an apostrophe in his name. His parents decided to put a twist on a more common name by taking away some of the letters and only putting in the ones that would technically be pronounced. IMO, at least with example I provided, the point was to get rid of “unnecessary” letters that didn’t impact the pronunciation of the name, but with Fr’ans, the apostrophe is placed weirdly and doesn’t really have a “point” per se. I think it would just make things harder for the hypothetical son, especially with government paperwork, jobs, etc.
Like previous posters, I have never heard of the music artist [name_m]Frans[/name_m] before. He seems to be a more under the radar artist; on Spotify, he only has about 183,992 monthly listeners, so not enough to become A-list anytime soon it seems.
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I come from an apostrophized last name and by all means avoid it if possible!!! Such a headache. I can’t imagine having to deal with it as a first name.
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I would strongly advise against - both generally (no one needs the extra annoyance of punctuation and clarifying what it does to the name - eg a pause?). In the case of adoption, where the child is already almost certainly going to have additional concerns about their identity and sense of belonging, it’s even more important that the name is stable and secure. Keep it simple!
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