Finley...for a girl

[Baguettes]

What do you think?

Middle name would probably be Grace (but open to suggestions!)

[Magicalmrmistofeles]

Awful. Sorry. Finnoula is at least a girls name.

[Baguettes]

No need to apologise!

Mmm. Not so keen on Finnoula.

[museumum]

I think that EVERYONE will assume she's a boy.
That has advantages and disadvantages. I don't think I'd do it but I am fond of unisex names.

[Baguettes]

I'm not sure I'm brave enough to use it. I'd never forgive myself if she hated it or got fucked off with everyone thinking she was a boy.

[wigglylines]

Are you happy with her sharing a middle name with half the girls she knows? Grace is VERY popular as middle name.

Pretty name though, if that doesn't bother you!

[MollieCoddler]

I know a lot of Finley, findlay, Finlay, Findleys

They are all boys.

Dont' do it.

[SilverGiraffe7]

If you like the sound if it, spelling it Finleigh/Finnleigh would at least point towards it being a girl's name! Once people relate it to her, it wouldn't seem so boyish. I've had kids in my class with names that are more usually used for the opposite gender but you quickly change how you think of it!

[BlueBananas]

Finley is a boys name and would just be odd on a girl, it's not unisex
I do know a little girl called Fynnea though which gets shortened to Fynn so very similar (and prettier!)

[Baguettes]

wiggly I'm sure I could live with that. And you could apply that logic to many names. DS' middle name is James and he hasn't suffered as a result

silver I think those spellings are a bit chavvy

[Zakken]

No. And you aren't the one that will need to be brave. There are thousands of names to choose from, why pick a masculine name?

[WorldsBiggestGrotbag]

No. Doesn't even sound unisex to me. It's a very popular name for a boy at the moment.

[Lunastarfish]

As a child I always thought Finley was a girls name because there was a female character called that in home & away. However, it is now a rather popular boys name (I know 3 under 3) and people will assume she is a he.

[Baguettes]

blue That is pretty. Is her name pronounced Fin-e-ah?

[Baguettes]

Ok, I'm convinced. Definitely no. Back to the number one choice (which is a proper girl's name)

[BlueBananas]

It's pronounced Finn-eah the last syllable to rhyme with Mia/Tia/Leah
But I think it could be pronounced Finn-ay-ah too
...I'm rubbish at phonetically spelling stuff, hope that made sense

[Baguettes]

Me too...I think we're saying the same thing!

[Baguettes]

Fin-ee-ah

[Indomitable]

I know a girl Finley. She's lovely. On first meeting it was an interesting name, but now it's just her.

In my experience any past experience/preconceptions of a name are quickly dispelled and reconfigured to include a new person.

If you like it, do it. I think it's lovely.

[BlueBananas]

Oh good

[Baguettes]

Funny enough I hate the name Finley / Finlay for a boy. My brain is a bit fucked at the moment I think. Hopefully that will resolve itself before this baby arrives and needs naming.

[Indomitable]

I prefer Finley to Fynnea (which I want to pronounce Fine-ear)

[Baguettes]

indomitable I get what you mean about the reconfiguration. But I guess I'm worried about assumptions upon someone reading / hearing Finley and assuming a male.

Hmm.

[wigglylines]

Several names with Fin in them here

Some of them are pretty obscure!

Delfine
Finnia
Josephine
Josefin
Sarafina
Stephanie
Zafina

[wigglylines]

Funnily enough DS's middle name is James too :)

If it doesn't bother you go for it!

[SevenEleven]

I worked with a lady who had a DD named Finley. Out of all the names available, I wouldn't pick it for a girl myself, and you even said yourself you wouldn't want people to hear the name and assume she was a boy.