Franklin

This sounds very masculine to me.I don't think it'll work out for a girl.Kaylon's right,use Frances.

I don't know of Franklin Pierce, and forgot about Roosevelt - I'm not American, so these connotations wouldn't jump to my mind. It's disappointing to hear that you would value a name more highly than a person's character, and that you would let that cloud your judgement. I guess we shall have to agree to disagree, but I appreciate that we can all have differing opinions!

Franklin is strongly in the masculine territory. It conjures up names like Franklin Pierce, and Franklin Roosevelt. Nothing about the name is feminine at all. In aiming to name a girl, Frances, Francesca are pretty and even Frankie Lynn, perhaps. If I had an applicant named Franklin come for an interview, I'd think she were male. before meeting her. Seeing she was female would be a bit off-putting and probably cause me to consider her a bit less.

I do actually also prefer Frances to Franklin for a girl as well. However, I stand by my original comment that I could see this working for a little girl, purely because of the -Lin ending, and the nicknames Fran & Frankie.

Franklin would be really ugly on a girl. Frances is so much prettier, feminine and beautiful.

Great boy name!

I think this could work really well as a girl's name.

Finn is so popular now though. Cute idea,but I am sure by the time I have kids Finn will be the next Noah.

I like the idea of nn Finn for Franklin

I like Franklin but the nick name Frank ruins it for me.

It's a classic name with a strong masculine feel. Everyone is familiar with the name but it isn't used much anymore so hopefully it won't become too popular again like it was in the 1930's. We plan to use it if we have a boy. It is also is in our family history.

I really like this name :)