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Finn… for a girl

165 replies

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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Krakinou · 17/06/2025 11:34

The funniest thing about misogyny is that it eats itself. Once a boys name becomes popular for girls, people stop using it for boys because it’s too “girly” (inferior).

feelingbleh · 17/06/2025 11:34

Lovely name for a boy

DeSoleil · 17/06/2025 11:34

Awful name for a girl and setting her up for a lifetime of confusion over forms and explaining that she is femalw
not male.

However, the actress/dancer Finola Hughes has a lovely name, which could be given the nickname of Fin/Finn.

uncomfortablydumb60 · 17/06/2025 11:33

I love the name.. for a boy
Fiona is lovely and I considered this for a girl but had boys
Ffion is a Welsh version which is the closest I can think of

Rollergirl79 · 17/06/2025 11:33

My son is called Finn, but I do actually really like it for a girl aswell. Another poster who poo pooed the name in general mentioned a character from home and away called Finlay who regularly went by "Fin" and I don't remember it seeming out of place at all. Doesn't sound like you are convinced though so I think you need to find something you both like rather than forcing yourself to like your husbands choice.

EineReiseDurchDieZeit · 17/06/2025 11:31

No

Thmssngvwlsrnd · 17/06/2025 11:31

I know a female Finley. Much prefer Fiona.

BikkieTime · 17/06/2025 11:27

CurlewKate · 17/06/2025 10:51

Fenella is about as unusual as you can get without it being not used at all. She can be Fenn or Nell.

Love Fenella actually

LadyLucyWells · 17/06/2025 10:52

Yes, I like it.

CurlewKate · 17/06/2025 10:51

Fenella is about as unusual as you can get without it being not used at all. She can be Fenn or Nell.

LittleBitofBread · 17/06/2025 10:50

I really like it, and I wouldn't think a female Finn's parents had tried to be 'quirky'.
Much nicer than Fiona, IMO, which sounds old-fashioned to my ear.

FluffMagnet · 17/06/2025 10:33

user101101 · 17/06/2025 10:26

No but i don’t like it for a boy either. Makes me think of fish

There are a good number of Finns (as surnames) where I grew up. I had a friend known solely as Fish during her teenage years. My Dad was Sharky and my sister was nicknamed Huckleberry as school.

FluffMagnet · 17/06/2025 10:31

It is my surname, and I have certain friends who call me just "Finn" or "Finnegan" since my teens to tease me. Really don't like it, nothing feminine about it, and even as a surname I'm not keen - it is blunt and also boring.

CiaoMeow · 17/06/2025 10:28

whiterabbity · 17/06/2025 07:08

I really don’t like Finnoula Sad

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

Tell him his luck's in. There are thousands of such unusual names for girls to choose from: they're known as boys' names.

user101101 · 17/06/2025 10:26

No but i don’t like it for a boy either. Makes me think of fish

Sayshesheshe · 17/06/2025 10:21

I don’t on the whole like male names for girls but weirdly quite like Finn. Fenn has a nice tone to it too but I think Fiona is dated and not in a cool way.

CalmCritic · 17/06/2025 10:19

You don't need to fall in love with it. You don't like it. So leave it. I personally think it would be cute as a nickname for one of the previously mentioned names, but I'm not the one pregnant in this heat. So he can fuck off really!😂 Tell him no

namechangedforvalidreasons · 17/06/2025 10:17

I like it, reminds me of Fionnuala (the Cooler) from The Sopranos by Alan Warner, aka Finn

CurlewKate · 17/06/2025 10:12

FancyBiscuitsLevel · 17/06/2025 09:53

Fiona is a pretty name.

I do agree that these days, someone obviously female with a traditionally boys name doesn’t make me think “quirky unusual parents” but “trans man”.

Really? It makes me think misogynist.

mummysmagicmedicine · 17/06/2025 09:55

How about Fern? X

FancyBiscuitsLevel · 17/06/2025 09:53

Fiona is a pretty name.

I do agree that these days, someone obviously female with a traditionally boys name doesn’t make me think “quirky unusual parents” but “trans man”.

Lulu1919 · 17/06/2025 09:49

Finn would make me think male
I've always lived Finty though

CountryQueen · 17/06/2025 09:29

It’s not even nice for a boy.

Eenameenadeeka · 17/06/2025 09:23

I'd never give my child a name for the other gender. A similar sounding name but more neutral - Quinn

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.

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