Is Finley/Finlay a 'fashion' name??

They are pronounced different - or at least i pronounce them differently.

Finley is Fin - ley

Finlay is Fin lay like lay on egg.

Up until recently I lived in SW London. I barely know of any Finns/Finlays.

Here are the Bounty statistics for each region:

www.bounty.com/baby-names/regional-names

There seems to be some geographic difference in the popularity of this name - I too am considering it ('Finlay' - my husband and I are Scottish and its an old family name for us). But as we live in London, I'd rather my son didnt end up in a nursery / school class with 10 other Finlays. So - I'm curious to know - those who are saying 'that name is very popular round here' - where are you (roughly) please?

Even 5 years ago I didn't know a single Fin/Finn, now there are loads of them around, so it does seem like a 'fashionable' name to my ears.

Definitely a fashion name. It's very popular here too and will date.

I think the poster who mentioned Quentin was having a dig at someone whose child is called Quentin because she didn't agree with her comments about Finlay.

Rather a low dig.

Quentin is very classy, classic and classical

Not sure why Quentin was mentioned either, but I rather like it .

Yes it is.

Fin names are very popular here, more than Jack or other supposedly popular names. I think it must be trendy.

Can someone explain why Quentin was mentioned in the discussion

Def a fashion name but so are alot of names so use it if you like it!

I think it depends what part of the country you live in how popular it is. I am from the northwest of England and its not really popular here, i know only 2. I have worked in a nursery for 15 years and we have never had a Finley/finlay there. We will in sept tho when i finish my maternity leave and my little Finley starts:)

My 3 year old DS is called Finlay, we are Scottish and surprisingly I dont know any other Finlays or variations on it here. I just thought it was a lovely name and still do.

Definately a very fashionable name in terms of it having risen in popularity very quickly over the past 2-3 years. The OP has asked for our opinions, so there is no need to get defensive and certainly not demanding other posters' children's names just because they find Finn overused.

It is not ignorant to have an opinion. It might be a classical name but it has shot up in usage recently and is extremely popular. This makes it fashionable in a way that other classic names might not be. The name James for example I don't think marks you out as a child of any era and I know as many elderly James as I do middle-aged and young. Fins, I have encountered a couple of older ones when in Scotland but there are lots and lots of baby Fins, Finlays, Finnigans and Finleys round here.

Saying a name has become fashionable/faddy doesn't mean it's not a nice name and is not a licence to start demanding that other people reveal their children's names. The question was asked about this name. And from the sheer volume of people saying it's ridiculously popular atm, you can assume that it probably is.

We have a Finn, its my DP - he was born nearly 40 years ago. I think it has become more popular but not 'every other name' - just on the same lines as Isaac, Oscar and Noah IMO.

Definitely a fashion name.

It's a perfectly reasonable name, not ugly or chavvy, but definitely 'of the moment', and as Bucharest says, in the future, it will be very much seen as a name that became massively popular in the early 21st century, and then faded

Its a very now name I know six under three years old.

I disagree MrsWoolf- I think it's very faddy.

Thankfully the fad seems to be passing somewhat,there seem to be fewer of them than say, 5 yrs ago. (although given other comments, there must be regional differences in popularity)

If someone said "I have a Finlay" to me, I'd imagine the child to be about 7 or 8.

I agree that in 50 yrs time, as with the Karens of the 60s and 70s and the Sarahs and Rebeccas of the 80s will be the Finlays of the 00s.

I have met lots of little Finns recently, so I think it has risen in popularity over the past 1-2 years. How much it dates will depend on how much more popular it becomes before people tire of it.

Finley/Finlay does seem very popular at the moment. I hadn't heard it used as a girls name - is it really?

Am liking Quentin, although not sure what it has to do with the thread .

Yeah, Quentin not to my taste. Sounds rather trendy to me, hardly a classic!

I know a Finnegan, a Finn, a Finlay and a Fynnie. It is popular at the moment, but if you like it go for it!

I'd rather not say my children's name for privacy reasons but my ds's name was used 13 times last year and my dd's about 300 times.

And the OP has asked for opinions and that is what we're doing, offering our personal opinions. Yes, perhaps I exagerated saying 'every other child' but I do know a lot of babies and toddlers called a variation of Fin/Finn.

As you can see, I prefer less common names .

By saying that every other child is called Finn is obviously exaggerating hugely. Why would you do that?
Look at the National statistics. They give the amounts of each name registered.

What are your children called hulabula?

Well, until about 5 years ago I did not know a single Finn. Now every other child is called a variation of it - Finley, Finlay, Finnian, Finnegan so to my ears it does sound very 'now' and it is only a matter of time before people tire of it and use it less. It may therefore date your child to the 2010s.