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Finn

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chillipopcorn1 · 25/01/2025 10:47

Deciding on a boys name and I think this is the one but saw a comment saying it was chavvy and it's made me doubt myself! Is it classless? I prefer Finn to Finlay or Finley. Other favourites (but I would have to win DH over) are Cassian, Caspian, Felix or Jasper. Help!

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pinkwaffles · 30/01/2025 10:56

I like it but it does have a different vibe to your other choices. I wouldn't say 'classless' but just a bit more informal/ low key than your others.

lonelyplanetmum · 30/01/2025 05:47

Sorry didn't see other Fintan post!

lonelyplanetmum · 30/01/2025 05:43

There's also Fintan.. Irish I think?

NoCarbsForMe · 30/01/2025 05:30

I like Fintan as well as Finlay

NoCarbsForMe · 30/01/2025 05:28

Nobody classy uses the word chavvy op.

GreenTeaLikesMe · 30/01/2025 02:59

Mercurial123 · 27/01/2025 07:18

What do you suggest?

Does every name need to be unique, and is it boring that you know others called Finn?

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Very few names are actually unique, but it's a bit tiresome when several kids in the same class are called a variation of Finn. The point of a name is to identify someone.

DramaAlpaca · 29/01/2025 23:04

I love the name Finn.

If I'd had a fourth son he'd have been called Finn, but I stopped after number three and got a puppy instead - whose name is, of course, Finn 😁

LondonernotinLondon · 29/01/2025 22:55

I have a Finn and funnily enough if I were to have another boy Finn wants the name Caspian as we loved the lion the witch and the wardrobe Smile
I never regretted for one sec not naming him Finlay or Finley and if people ask me or him is Finn short for Finley we say no and people always say that's cool Finn is such a great name and yes of course I'm biased it is!!

Moo31 · 29/01/2025 22:38

I have a Finn who is 7 now. We still love his name. Not chavvy at all. We have come across a handful of Finn's in the last 7 years but definitely not overly popular here.

bluebunnys · 28/01/2025 18:20

I much prefer your other options!

bluebunnys · 28/01/2025 18:19

Finn seems a very 2010s name that has become a little dull from overuse and starting to sound dated.

It's also a person from Finland 🇫🇮

KayEmAy · 28/01/2025 18:12

Adore Finn and Cassian!

Mercurial123 · 27/01/2025 07:18

GreenTeaLikesMe · 27/01/2025 02:35

I know several with these names. It's nice but it's getting a little boring to be honest.

What do you suggest?

Does every name need to be unique, and is it boring that you know others called Finn?

GreenTeaLikesMe · 27/01/2025 02:35

I know several with these names. It's nice but it's getting a little boring to be honest.

YourWinter · 26/01/2025 22:06

Finn, Finlay or Felix are wonderful names.

mathanxiety · 26/01/2025 22:05

beencaughttrollin · 25/01/2025 23:06

I prefer Finn to Finlay or Finley.

Me too, and I am Scottish, which is probably the origin (Findláech, and later Fionnlagh and Fionnlagh) and/or saturation point of Finlay/Finley/Findlay/Findley. Although there are also Irish sources for Fin(n), like Finbar. And others, like SVU detective Odafin (Finn) Tutola, who is of Yoruba (Nigerian) heritage.

Also be aware that the Gaelic meaning - white warrior - may be open to (mis)interpretation in these times.

Finn is just the white/ fair part of the name that is anglicized as Finley/Finlay.

Lagh/laoch/laech means hero/champion.

WilderHorses · 26/01/2025 21:57

Finn is lovely 👏

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chillipopcorn1 · 26/01/2025 21:48

Thank you all that's my mind made up (and some very interesting etymology thanks also). Finn it is 😍

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greenpasturesandcloverfields · 26/01/2025 16:59

I vote for Finn also; I think it's a great name!

ToBoneOrNotToBone · 26/01/2025 14:05

Love Finn, ours has 2 more in his school but none in his year so not overly common. To me, it's a strong name whereas I find Finlay a bit wet. And where we are I feel there's a bit of a divide between those who would use Finn and those who would use Finlay.

Normallynumb · 26/01/2025 13:59

I love Finn.My DS3 was very nearly Finn
I don't think it's dated, just not as popular as it was say 20 years ago.

Mitheredandbothered · 26/01/2025 12:34

Find became Finn became Fionn @BeckyWithTheGoodBear. Just check out the etymology of Fionn.

Mitheredandbothered · 26/01/2025 12:30

beencaughttrollin · 25/01/2025 23:06

I prefer Finn to Finlay or Finley.

Me too, and I am Scottish, which is probably the origin (Findláech, and later Fionnlagh and Fionnlagh) and/or saturation point of Finlay/Finley/Findlay/Findley. Although there are also Irish sources for Fin(n), like Finbar. And others, like SVU detective Odafin (Finn) Tutola, who is of Yoruba (Nigerian) heritage.

Also be aware that the Gaelic meaning - white warrior - may be open to (mis)interpretation in these times.

Finn is the name of a hero/warrior (Fionn MacCumhaill, modern Irish spelling) from Irish mythology, but the name Finn/Fionn doesn’t literally mean white warrior.

It means fair haired usually, white or bright, clear.

Fionn MacCumhaill is said to have been given the nickname when his hair turned prematurely white. His first name was actually Deimne.

BeckyWithTheGoodBear · 26/01/2025 12:29

Source please

.Ancestry website has the following :

Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Finn ‘descendant of Fionn’ a byname meaning ‘white’ or ‘fair-haired’; it is often found Anglicized as White. This name is borne by several families in the west of Ireland.

White Surname Meaning & White Family History at Ancestry.co.uk®

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https://www.ancestry.co.uk/name-origin?surname=white