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Help settle an argument; shortening Finley

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NiceToesNaughtyToes · 07/05/2017 16:50

DP and I love the name Finley, but disagree over the shortening.

We want to call him Finn for short but DP feels, in order to use the double N, we'd need to incorporate it into the full name, spelling it "Finnley" Confused

I on the other hand think it's fine to name him Finley (with a single N) and use Finn as the shortening... I've always come across it this way!!

Anyone up for helping settle this?! Grin

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00100001 · 07/05/2017 18:51

Your DP is bananas

SunshineDeLaSoul · 07/05/2017 18:49

Madeleine is Maddy and that only has one d.

CricketRuntAndRashers · 07/05/2017 18:44

Finlay nn Finn is fine.

I don't think you should spell it Finnlay. No, definitely not.

user1471545174 · 07/05/2017 18:31

Finn is a name in its own right, the others are misspellings of Finlay.

chickpeaburger · 07/05/2017 17:17

Why did you not just name him Finn? I really can't understand this shortening of names stuff. Finley is a lovely name, so I Finn. Choose.

burdog · 07/05/2017 17:14

I've seen Johns called Jonno before without anyone arguing they should be Johnn.

Corneliusmurphy · 07/05/2017 17:14

I have an Eliana, her name often gets shortened to Ellie - I wouldn't write Eli as to my mind it's pronounced differently. It's never been mentioned.

Scrumpernickel · 07/05/2017 17:11

Finn is nicer that Finley, Finlay, Finnley and seems more of a 'proper' name to me because of its age (Finn McCool) whereas Finley seems much more modern.

Ontopofthesunset · 07/05/2017 17:07

Though if you want to call him Finn you could just do that as it is a proper name in its own right and much nicer than Finley (in my opinion) which looks as if it's a misspelling of Finlay.

titchy · 07/05/2017 17:05

You're right. There are lots of shortened versions of names that have slightly different letters to the longer version - Tom/Thomas, Jim/James, Ellie/Eleanor, Vicky/Victoria etc.

InvisibleKittenAttack · 07/05/2017 17:04

oh there's lots of people called "John" who's actual birth certificate says "Jonathan" rather than "Johnathan". Finley is perfectly normal spelling of the 'proper' name, if you want to call him Finn, then that's fine too as it's only a nickname and so doesn't really matter how closely it links to the original 'real' name.

timeisnotaline · 07/05/2017 16:55

I have a Finley, Finn for short of course. My niece is Harriet, harts for short. I assume your dh would have argued to call her hartsrriet? Or hazrriet if you want a more usual nickname...

Justmadeperfectflapjacks · 07/05/2017 16:54

My ds is Fynn. .

nancy75 · 07/05/2017 16:54

I work for a company that has hundreds of kids on its database, we have about 15 Finleys all shortened to Finn, all spelt with one N in long name & 2 Ns in short name

BendingSpoons · 07/05/2017 16:53

It's fine to do it your way. People do that with other names e.g. Stephen to Steve

MrsHathaway · 07/05/2017 16:52

He is all kinds of wrong. Finnley is illiterate.

It's completely normal to spell a shortening with extra letters.

mumsiedarlingrevolta · 07/05/2017 16:52

I think the usual way is Finley shortened to Finn.

Please don't spell it Finnley. He will spend his entire life correcting people and somehow it sort of spoils the name for me...

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