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whiterabbity · 2025-06-17T06:02:43+00:00

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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Annascaul · 17/06/2025 14:06

whiterabbity · 17/06/2025 07:08

I really don’t like Finnoula

I think that’s why DH likes it, because it’s so ‘unusual’ for a girl.

It’s unusual for a girl because it’s a boy’s name 😆
Just like John, Richard, Benjamin, etc.

maddiemookins16mum · 17/06/2025 14:04

Just call her Barry and be done with it. Seriously though, Quinn is much nicer.

BikkieTime · 17/06/2025 13:57

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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It's not a subjective thing or a matter of opinion. Names have shared social meaning. In Scotland, where the OP lives, Finn is 100% a boy's name.

Ellie1015 · 17/06/2025 13:53

Both parents should love the name. Even if one gets their first choice as cant quite agree. Keep looking till you find a name you both want.

aperolspritzbasicbitch · 17/06/2025 13:51

FondantFancyAnyone · 17/06/2025 12:39

@aperolspritzbasicbitch , Finley is a top 10 name for boys and
Finn is something like 13th most popular name for a boy in Scotland.

in 2023,there was one female Finlay and one female Fionn registered.

It probably compares to naming a girl Theo or Luca.
She'll go through life being asked why her parents gave her a boy's name.

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.

MummytoE · 17/06/2025 13:51

" everybody so creative"...

Strokethefurrywall · 17/06/2025 13:50

I know an 11 year old female Finley (Finn). Her parents are American.
It doesn’t seem weird to me, but then I wanted to call my baby Dylan if he was a girl so 🤷🏽‍♀️

MonkeypuzzleClimber · 17/06/2025 13:42

BikkieTime · 17/06/2025 12:19

Are the people so open minded that you would name a boy Fiona?

I think an important point is being made about the social hierarchy of male and female names.

It's not radical to give a girl a traditionally masculine name, though it is likely to make her life more complicated.

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Well there was a boy in one of my girls classes called Devine, so probably wouldn’t have been any issue with the kids.
I have what was a traditionally ‘male’ name when I was named, though now more common for a girl. Has caused me zero issues. I think the only way to break down gender stereotypes is not to perpetuate them.

FondantFancyAnyone · 17/06/2025 12:39

@aperolspritzbasicbitch , Finley is a top 10 name for boys and
Finn is something like 13th most popular name for a boy in Scotland.

in 2023,there was one female Finlay and one female Fionn registered.

It probably compares to naming a girl Theo or Luca.
She'll go through life being asked why her parents gave her a boy's name.

Livpool · 17/06/2025 12:30

How to make your daughter feel that her dad wished she was a boy!

aperolspritzbasicbitch · 17/06/2025 12:28

I really like it, and I don’t view it as a ‘boy’ name.

what is it that you aren’t keen on?

FondantFancyAnyone · 17/06/2025 12:28

Cherrington · 17/06/2025 12:24

Is it?

I’m Irish and have never heard of it. Just had a quick look at the name records for the last 60 years and it’s not even recorded as a name.

It’s definitely not an Irish language name as there is no y in the Irish alphabet.

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I've only heard of Finty Williams, Born
Tara Cressida Williams

"Finty" is a nickname coined by her father that stuck, and is the first name Williams uses both personally and professionally.

W0tnow · 17/06/2025 12:27

I think it’s lovely!

I see what people are saying about a masculine name for a girl, but I feel like you can get away with it with this name. In a way that you can’t with, oh, I don’t know…Bruce, Rupert, Lewis, David. Shane is another example of a unisex name. It’s not to my taste, but again, I think (for reasons that are unclear to me!) that you can call a girl, Shane.

I think Finn is in that category.

Cherrington · 17/06/2025 12:24

SparklyGlitterballs · 17/06/2025 07:10

Finty is an Irish girls name. You could use Fin as a NN.

Is it?

I’m Irish and have never heard of it. Just had a quick look at the name records for the last 60 years and it’s not even recorded as a name.

It’s definitely not an Irish language name as there is no y in the Irish alphabet.

Conkerjar · 17/06/2025 12:23

BikkieTime · 17/06/2025 12:19

Are the people so open minded that you would name a boy Fiona?

I think an important point is being made about the social hierarchy of male and female names.

It's not radical to give a girl a traditionally masculine name, though it is likely to make her life more complicated.

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It's a point, isn't it. Give a girl a boyish or unisex name and free her from the constraints of her gender. Nobody wants to burden boys with girl names, heaven forbid.

BikkieTime · 17/06/2025 12:19

MonkeypuzzleClimber · 17/06/2025 12:00

I know a teenage girl Finn, and I’ve met another. It’s a lovely name on her, and no one where I live would bat an eyelid at a girl Finn. But we live in a multicultural city where people are generally more open minded, and not judgmental about names in the way many posters seem to be on MN. One of my daughters has an extremely unusual name (with a nn more commonly used for boys in the uk). It’s regularly complemented and she’s never once been teased about it. But she goes to school with kids with names from all over the world, and less conventional names are for British origin kids are pretty conventional here.

Are the people so open minded that you would name a boy Fiona?

I think an important point is being made about the social hierarchy of male and female names.

It's not radical to give a girl a traditionally masculine name, though it is likely to make her life more complicated.

MonkeypuzzleClimber · 17/06/2025 12:00

I know a teenage girl Finn, and I’ve met another. It’s a lovely name on her, and no one where I live would bat an eyelid at a girl Finn. But we live in a multicultural city where people are generally more open minded, and not judgmental about names in the way many posters seem to be on MN. One of my daughters has an extremely unusual name (with a nn more commonly used for boys in the uk). It’s regularly complemented and she’s never once been teased about it. But she goes to school with kids with names from all over the world, and less conventional names are for British origin kids are pretty conventional here.

showyourquality · 17/06/2025 12:00

I think the Kelce family in the USA have just done this, Kylie ( she has a big podcast) and Jason Kelce ( recently retired American footballer)
All of their girls have boyish names and the one who has just been born is called Finn.

SupposesRoses · 17/06/2025 11:54

Fiadh

Conkerjar · 17/06/2025 11:52

I think Finn is quite elfin to be truthful, it could work. People would adapt. It's up to you though innit?

Conkerjar · 17/06/2025 11:51

Ffion is a nice alternative. And Ffion Davies (Judo/MMA ledge) is a good role model.

eqpi4t2hbsnktd · 17/06/2025 11:50

It's as much a boys name as Dave or Steve....

It's not a neutral name like Danny or Frankie....

FondantFancyAnyone · 17/06/2025 11:39

I know a Fin. She's an adult and her full name is Finola or Fionnuala, I think.

Fiona is pretty.

BackToFront78 · 17/06/2025 11:38

Fiona is fine, as long as you like it too. Or what about Fern ?

Pinkpurplepeony · 17/06/2025 11:34

You could tell him about my mother’s school friend, whose parents, almost a hundred years ago, called their daughter a boys name. Because her father wanted a boy. She hated both it and her father. She went away to university, changed her name, and as far as my mother knew, never went home again.