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Quinn for a girl?

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Scarydinosaurs · 15/04/2016 17:27

I have two girls already, one with a floral name, one with a traditional female Irish name.

Male names for girls aren't normally my thing- but I really like Quinn. I fear my Irish father would be appalled...

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silverdrawers · 16/04/2016 15:06

My daughters middle name is Quinn, obviously I like it Wink

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Scarydinosaurs · 16/04/2016 14:53

Linus then I MUST be correct then in my assertation that it is a good thing Grin

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Linus33 · 16/04/2016 13:04

Does this make a difference- I have a VERY Irish surname. Until this second, I hadn't considered them together...I can't decide if it makes it better or worse...possibly better??

We have a very Irish surname too with our Quinn Grin

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Scarydinosaurs · 16/04/2016 08:13

Thanks for all the feedback- I do really appreciate it!

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Scarydinosaurs · 16/04/2016 08:13

Right, more for than against. It is officially 'on the list'.

And I just will have to pray if it is a girl and we name her Quinn she doesn't follow the pattern of my first two and get stuck with slow growing hair that results in frequent boy/girl mix ups Blush

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velocitygir1 · 16/04/2016 02:45

Beautiful! I love it :-)

lcoc2015 · 16/04/2016 02:31

Reminds me of daria!

Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 16/04/2016 01:53

It's really strange but I love although wouldn't use surnamey names for girls eg
Quinn
Harper
Reily
But I think they're awful for boys, so as They say on BGT. It's a yes from me. It makes me think of Quinn out of Glee

Lolly86 · 15/04/2016 22:20

disney.wikia.com/wiki/Quinn

Lolly86 · 15/04/2016 22:18

Female scary! She was very cute Grin

SwedishEdith · 15/04/2016 20:15
Grin
AlleyCatandRastaMouse · 15/04/2016 20:09

Haha Swedish X post.

AlleyCatandRastaMouse · 15/04/2016 20:08

Okay I had to google Quim, not used across the Irish Sea, definitely no for Quinn, just no.

SwedishEdith · 15/04/2016 20:07

Definition of quim

DerelictMyBalls · 15/04/2016 19:56

Too quimmy.

Footle · 15/04/2016 19:35

Quinsey ?

Joinourclub · 15/04/2016 19:33

I just think of it as quite American. I think there was a Quinn on One Tree Hill! It belongs with Ryder, Piper, Madison and I'm not sure it would go with your floral / traditional girls names.

JSarah · 15/04/2016 19:22

I like it! I prefer Quinley, though...

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Scarydinosaurs · 15/04/2016 19:17

juneau currently it is just the idea of a baby! If we are successful and we had a boy, I have a name ready and waiting to go!

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NeedACleverNN · 15/04/2016 19:10

I quite like it

Glee and HIMYM both have a blonde female Quinn

Floggingmolly · 15/04/2016 19:07

It used to be quite common for boys to have Mary as their second name (in Ireland), Bran

juneau · 15/04/2016 19:06

I have a male Quinn. Its a fab name.

There is a pengy-Quinn in Baby Jake. There's also a penguin called Quinn in 'Third and Bird'. And then there's Quinn in Homeland (swoon!). They're all boys, of course. Are you sure you've having a girl?

Floggingmolly · 15/04/2016 19:03

That's true, Scary Grin

Branleuse · 15/04/2016 19:03

it sounds fine, but i always wonder why so many boys names get turned into girls names, but we rarely hear of boys called Mary

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Scarydinosaurs · 15/04/2016 19:02

Male or female, Lolly? That is valuable info!

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