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Finn - popular?

42 replies

Bradyboo · 23/09/2010 21:23

DH loves Finn and I'm not sure as think it's really popular and DS would always be one of many at school.

Am I right and what do you reckon?

I love Jasper, Oscar and Miles still - Ahhhhhhhhh!

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NormanNorris · 23/09/2010 21:53

Every other photo of you child had 'Mathida' written next to it.

Lovely name, but very popular ;)

mummynoseynora · 23/09/2010 21:52

I have to say my BiL just had a baby called Finn and its very cute... although I had an Oscar in january - so I prefer that!

BonniePrinceBilly · 23/09/2010 21:52

Its not just Finbar in Ireland, I should know, I have a Finian! And there are a lot of baby Finn's here, not many older ones though.

NormanNorris · 23/09/2010 21:51

'Disgustingly popular' would suggest that you think popular is a bad thing would it not?

That's not the issue though, as the OP was indeed asking if it is popular. I found your post to be aggressive (along with some posts this evening) and felt it unecessary.

ShowOfHands · 23/09/2010 21:50

DD isn't a Matilda btw.

avaj · 23/09/2010 21:47

There are 3 Matildas at my toddler group!

Anyway, I like Finn, and only know of one, who is 5, and his actual name is Fintan (Irish)

ShowOfHands · 23/09/2010 21:44

I didn't say that popular was bad. Popular names are popular for a reason. I didn't give a flying fig about popularity and/or other people's opinions when naming dd. I picked the name as a child.

The OP was concerned about popularity and as others have attested that depending on where you live, every other baby might be a Finn (I know 2 Finlays, a Finbar, 2 Finegans a Finn and a Fin).

NormanNorris · 23/09/2010 21:40

ShowofHands, just nosed at your pics (cute baby!). There are 2 Matildas in my DD's class so you have chosen a very popular name too!

CupcakesHay · 23/09/2010 21:37

Oscar is very popular... only know 2 finns at a school of about 250 primary kids... (half are girls though!)

ja9 · 23/09/2010 21:36

fwiw you just cant predict what names are going to be in his class. i loved the name heidi which is extremely uncommon around here, yet dd has a heidi in her new school nursery group ( and so i guess will have in her year group, if not class, the whole way through school...)

Dione · 23/09/2010 21:35

In Ireland Finn is an abbreviated version of Finbar (sometimes also abb. to Barry). It's up to you, but I love Oscar.

ja9 · 23/09/2010 21:34

it depends where you are...... i'm in central scotland and whilst i have come across 'finns', i don't actually know any (although know a couple of finlays)

I LOVE it - it was our name for dd had she been a boy...

Jojay · 23/09/2010 21:33

I know a few - admittedly a Fynn and a Finley.

Jasper is a brilliant name though (biased Grin)

BunnyLebowski · 23/09/2010 21:30

Objectionably popular and particularly annoying to me as an Irish woman.

I have even met a Finnley ('just to be different')

NormanNorris · 23/09/2010 21:30

There's only one Finn in the local school.

I think 'disgustingly popular' is a very strange thing to say.

cece · 23/09/2010 21:28

Every other baby is called Finley or a variation of here...

ShowOfHands · 23/09/2010 21:26

Disgustingly popular.

Oscar is too.

Jasper and Miles less so but still v identifiable as noughties babies.