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romdowa · 15/12/2023 08:54

SirChenjins · 15/12/2023 08:52

I thought it was Fyun - didn't know it was Finn. Every day's a school day.

It's 100% not pronounced finn.

AuntieStella · 15/12/2023 08:53

I think they're seeing it as the Welsh name Ffion, which is fee-on, but that's a girls' name.

(I would be wary of using a name that I didn't myself know automatically how to pronounce)

Goneback2school · 15/12/2023 08:53

I've never heard of Fionn being pronounced as Finn in Ireland. Always F-yun. Fionn and Finn are 2 separate names.

SirChenjins · 15/12/2023 08:52

I thought it was Fyun - didn't know it was Finn. Every day's a school day.

Whataretheodds · 15/12/2023 08:51

YourNameGoesHere · 15/12/2023 08:43

Why is it rude and ignorant it's true. You can't just decide to change the way the name is pronounced. Fionn for a boy is pronounced Finn and the poor lad will have an eternity of having to correct people who are actually pronouncing it correctly.

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"These Celtic names are very confusing ". Would you say that about a Nigerian name? A Gurjurati name?

NigelHarmansNewWife · 15/12/2023 08:50

YourNameGoesHere · 15/12/2023 08:35

How can they not know it's pronounced Finn? Why would they think it was pronounced Fee-on? Definitely tell them because everyone else would be pronouncing their child's name correctly except them.

Gordon Bennett: because it's spelled like Fiona but with a second n instead of a at the end. If you're not familiar with Irish pronunciation, how would you know? There will also be people with the name who mispronounce it, that kind of thing happens all the time.

Pollywoddles · 15/12/2023 08:50

I’m Irish and I’d pronounce it Fyun but I have heard it can be pronounced Fi-on or Finn however they would sound wrong to me.

geckofrog · 15/12/2023 08:49

Ffion

romdowa · 15/12/2023 08:48

HelpaSILout · 15/12/2023 08:31

My SIL shared their favourite name with family for their soon due DS.
It’s a beautiful name, Fionn. We live in England (no strong Irish heritage on our side of the family, not sure about hers) but being an obviously Celtic name I wondered about its meaning and put it into google.
Now the problem arises, they are pronouncing it Fi-on and I’ve found it’s pronounced Finn. Do I say something or just keep my beak out!?

It's not pronounced either way , there are some good YouTube videos on how to pronounce it but their way its definitely closer than yours.

TheKnittedCharacter · 15/12/2023 08:48

It’s news to me that’s it’s pronounced Finn.

I would assume Fee-on and my parents are as Irish as they come 😂

Marblessolveeverything · 15/12/2023 08:48

I'm Irish we pronounce it F-yun in the East.

YourNameGoesHere · 15/12/2023 08:46

Whataretheodds · 15/12/2023 08:45

Sorry @YourNameGoesHere I thought you meant how are the people finding out the name getting it wrong. I realise you mean how have the parents of the child not understood the pronunciation of the name they've chosen and I agree!

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Yes I meant how can the parents have chosen the name and not understood the way it's pronounced, sorry if that wasn't clear. It's mind-blowing to me that they'd choose a name they didn't actually know how to pronounce properly.

clarkkentsglasses · 15/12/2023 08:45

It's pronounced Fionn. My DN is Fionn. "Feeon"

Anoisagusaris · 15/12/2023 08:45

The posters who are saying it’s Finn - where are you from???

Tistheseason23 · 15/12/2023 08:45

I know a Welsh Ffion and would not know Irish Fion was Finn as I have never heard of it.

Whataretheodds · 15/12/2023 08:45

Whataretheodds · 15/12/2023 08:39

How would they know it's pronounced Finn? If they are English speaking with no Irish heritage?

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Sorry @YourNameGoesHere I thought you meant how are the people finding out the name getting it wrong. I realise you mean how have the parents of the child not understood the pronunciation of the name they've chosen and I agree!

Anoisagusaris · 15/12/2023 08:44

It’s never pronounced as Finn in Irish. It’s more like F-yun.

YourNameGoesHere · 15/12/2023 08:43

Whataretheodds · 15/12/2023 08:41

Don't say that, it's rude and ignorant

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Why is it rude and ignorant it's true. You can't just decide to change the way the name is pronounced. Fionn for a boy is pronounced Finn and the poor lad will have an eternity of having to correct people who are actually pronouncing it correctly.

Whataretheodds · 15/12/2023 08:43

AnnaMagnani · 15/12/2023 08:40

In England I'd assume Fi-on and that the child is a girl with Welsh heritage.

The Welsh girl's name is Ffion. F in Welsh is 'v' in English, Ff is 'f'.

Fion in Welsh would be pronounced Vion

MissBuffyAnneSummers · 15/12/2023 08:42

Fi-on, Fee-on, Fy-on are perfectly acceptable pronunciations.

Whataretheodds · 15/12/2023 08:41

saraclara · 15/12/2023 08:38

Just say "I thought the Irish boys name was pronounced Finn, and the Welsh girls name was Fi-on. These Celtic names are very confusing"

Don't say that, it's rude and ignorant

escapethemaze · 15/12/2023 08:41

fi-on sounds lovely

leave them be

AnnaMagnani · 15/12/2023 08:40

In England I'd assume Fi-on and that the child is a girl with Welsh heritage.

saraclara · 15/12/2023 08:39

LizziesTwin · 15/12/2023 08:33

You mind your own business & don’t even tell your best friend. No good will come to you if you tell them or anyone.

If the child had already been born and named, I'd agree. But he hasn't, so there's room for manoeuvre.

YourNameGoesHere · 15/12/2023 08:39

throwawayimplantchat · 15/12/2023 08:37

In England I think that vast, vast majority of people would pronounce it Fee-on as they aren't overly likely to have known someone with that name previously and it's the phonetic pronunciation if it.

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I really don't think they would. For a girl maybe but a boy would always be Finn and if they were not sure then even a quick Google would confirm that.