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Finn… for a girl

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whiterabbity · 17/06/2025 07:02

DH has just announced that the name we would have used for a boy, he wants to use for DD. He loves it but I remain unconvinced. Tell me your honest opinion please, we are in Scotland.

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Conkerjar · 17/06/2025 23:22

aperolspritzbasicbitch · 17/06/2025 13:51

Thanks for the stats - but I was simply saying that I don’t view it as a boy name.

maybe that’s because I know a female Finn.

i would compare it to a Casey/Kerry/Kelly type name. Typically used for females, but not ridiculous on a male.

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The Welsh spelling is Ffion, there will be plenty of those.

AnneMarieW · 17/06/2025 22:17

I’ve heard of a Finn short for Serafina. I think that’s kind of cool - a “masculine”/punchy short nn for an elaborately feminine first name (see also Rory for Aurora, George for Georgiana etc etc as there’s loads in that vein).

I must admit I’m not keen on Finn as a standalone name personally.

FondantFancyAnyone · 17/06/2025 20:29

@Surroundedbyfools ,there was a John in What Katy Did, but she was really Joanna.

terracelane23 · 17/06/2025 20:27

It’s a no from me.

Annascaul · 17/06/2025 20:24

Fee is a really pretty name?
Can’t agree, I’m afraid.

Ncforthiscms · 17/06/2025 20:21

I know a Fee. Really pretty name.

I like Finn. Not keen on fiona

cramptramp · 17/06/2025 20:17

No. Don’t do it to her.

user2848502016 · 17/06/2025 20:11

FlourishNotPerish · 17/06/2025 08:48

Wasn’t there a Finlay in Home & Away in the 80s/90s? It seemed ok then in a sea of gender neutral names like Cameron, Morgan, Courtney, etc. But it sounds a bit weird now.

I always think Finn sounds unfinished.

haha yeah that’s what I was going to say, I thought Finlay was such a nice name until my mum said it was ridiculous that she had a boy’s
name 😂

Fiona is lovely though, she could be Finn for short

Wednesdaysotherchild · 17/06/2025 20:04

Fenna is a nice Dutch girl’s name!

ChocolateCinderToffee · 17/06/2025 20:02

There's an Irish name, Finnguala. I used to work with one and she was always called Finn.

Surroundedbyfools · 17/06/2025 19:55

No. Just tell him no.i know these days anything goes but there are so many lovely names and Finn is a nice boys name. Not a unisex or girls name. I mean would u call ur daughter John ? I don’t think so

aperolspritzbasicbitch · 17/06/2025 19:49

Strokethefurrywall · 17/06/2025 19:27

@aperolspritzbasicbitch I went to school in the late 80s with a girl called Claire and her middle name was Timothy.
Her parents wanted to honor her grandfather and they didn’t have boys.

Same reasons here - she absolutely loves it!

I wouldn’t use it for a first name for either sex though! 🤣

Username2151 · 17/06/2025 19:46

I don't think that the name Finn in any way, suits a girl.
I got an image in my head of a Finn and it isn't one of a little girl.
I know that a lot of people don't like this name but I think Fiona is a pretty name, cheerful and sunny, not old ladyish as I've never known anyone named Fiona so don't identify it as such.
Too bad Finn isn't a nn for Fiona, but likely it's not a name under consideration.

Strokethefurrywall · 17/06/2025 19:27

@aperolspritzbasicbitch I went to school in the late 80s with a girl called Claire and her middle name was Timothy.
Her parents wanted to honor her grandfather and they didn’t have boys.

aperolspritzbasicbitch · 17/06/2025 18:08

My daughter has a full on male name as her middle name.
Reason I didn’t use it for a boy is because….I don’t have a boy.

Annascaul · 17/06/2025 18:03

FunnySam · 17/06/2025 17:27

Interesting, would probably take getting used to, but there's worse names out there!
I'd love to call a daughter James, but I know that'll likely get similar responses here

Why, though? If you love the name, why not for a son?

AcrobaticCardigan · 17/06/2025 17:42

Absolute no! It’s a boys name. I don’t think your baby girl will thank you for lumbering them with a boys name for life. Would your DH like to be a grown man with a full on girls name - Poppy / Amelia or something? Might put things into perspective for him…

Morningsleepin · 17/06/2025 17:28

No

FunnySam · 17/06/2025 17:27

Interesting, would probably take getting used to, but there's worse names out there!
I'd love to call a daughter James, but I know that'll likely get similar responses here

greengreyblue · 17/06/2025 17:20

KIlliePieMyOhMy · 17/06/2025 17:19

Ffion?

See above

KIlliePieMyOhMy · 17/06/2025 17:19

Ffion?

FondantFancyAnyone · 17/06/2025 17:16

It probably gets mixed up with Fionn a lot. Ffion Hague is FEE-on

greengreyblue · 17/06/2025 17:09

Ffion is the spelling- sounds like Fi-on. Welsh I think.
My mistake.

FondantFancyAnyone · 17/06/2025 17:07

@Annascaul , so is Finn.

Annascaul · 17/06/2025 17:07

Zebralie · 17/06/2025 16:39

Finn is no different than Quinn, which was a boys name until some parents started using it for their girls.

Quinn is a surname.

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