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Finn...lovely or not mn's???

66 replies

CinderellaRach · 04/02/2010 13:12

Hi mn's I've just had my 20week scan and found out I'm having a boy.I already have ds 19mnths called Ellis.
I absolutely love the name Finn but dh says it's silly and not a real name.He like's Chester(which I hate).Does anyone know of any Finn's?Do you like the name or do you think I'm 'trying too hard'?Honest opinions please!!!xx

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Wilts · 02/03/2010 20:46

Ds2 is Finley/Fin, he is the only one his class and possibly the only one in his school as well.

number2please · 02/03/2010 18:28

personally i do not like it. like alot of other people there is alot around and i think people are using it to sounds modern......i like proper boys names that are manly like william, oliver, harry, etc.

i also personally think finn is a bit of a camp name...sorry just my opinion.

henry37 · 02/03/2010 10:13

like it but know three born this year already if that matters to you.

Bathsheba · 02/03/2010 09:49

Definately NOT Chester.

Where I live there are a lot of Finn/Finlay/Findlay-s....both male and female. I'd avoid it for that reason.

Skegness · 02/03/2010 09:27

Not particularly keen on Finn or Chester. Though I did used to have a goldfish called Chester, who had fins....

HarrogateMum · 02/03/2010 09:24

I have a Finlay, shortened to Fin. It was definitely not that popular 5.5 years ago when I chose it but agree there are more around now. He is the only one in his year and infact dont know of any others in his school. I thought it went well with his bright red hair and Scottish skin!

ChynaDoll2006 · 02/03/2010 09:19

I like Chester.

Don't call him Finn, find something different.

LittlePushka · 01/03/2010 22:51

Loveit!!! It's a magnificent name!

chipmonkey · 01/03/2010 22:46

Love Finn, it was my Dad's name, short for Finnain ( pronounced Finn-awn) Lots round here too but I am in Ireland!
Chester is a city, fgs!

sassysass · 01/03/2010 22:21

Finn is a brilliant name. My best friend has a Finlay but is Finn too. I don't know of many others. I've heard it out and about a few times but not often.

VoluptuaGoodshag · 01/03/2010 21:39

My Finn is as dark haired as they come but still suits the name even though it means fair haired.

Flightattendant · 01/03/2010 21:35

It's OK but always reminds me of that song, 'your baby has gon down the plughole
your baby has gorn down the plug

the poor little fing was so skinny and finn..' etc etc

RachieB · 01/03/2010 21:32

The only Finn I know is 6 and it's short for Finnian

no Finns at my sons school or in our friend group

I like Fin(lay)

BackToBasics · 28/02/2010 14:39

My ds is called Finley and everyone who has asked what his name is have loved it. Can be annoying though when people keep spelling it Finlay though because i pronounce that Fin - lay rather than Fin - ley.

ArcticFox · 28/02/2010 14:32

High "popularity explosion" risk due to Glee

Bucharest · 27/02/2010 09:22

Finlays are everywhere.

Finns less so.

Finn definitely seems classier than Finlay.

Love Patrick.

notsoteenagemum · 26/02/2010 17:24

I only know of one Finn around here and he's about 10, I love the name Finlay but dh vetoed it (because I used to have a poster of Finlay Quaye when I was 16).
I also considered Fenton with a nn Finn.

cory · 26/02/2010 17:05

Not a single Finn round here; in fact, I'm not sure I've ever met one.

pog1 · 26/02/2010 14:51

My boy is called Finn so we think it is a great name. Did think about Finbar and shortening it to Finn but decided against that. Our boy does say that Finn isn't a name that you would call a man though!

cosh · 26/02/2010 14:38

I think it has become a lot more popular since I picked it for my little boy 7 years ago but it is still not that common. My son is the only 'Finn' in his whole school.
Our 'Finn' has turned out to be a bright, chatty, easy-going wee boy it really suits him,I have no regrets about choosing it.

cjn27b · 06/02/2010 22:07

Nearly all variants of Finn names are of Irish origin - there's 4 pages of them in my Irish baby name book!

Our son is Finbarr (from Fionnbarra - the fair haired warrier and patron saint of Cork). I notice a couple of other Finbar's above - we've not many any in the UK so far, but lots in Cork.

Piffle · 06/02/2010 21:51

My Finn is blonde and v v v curly headed.
We have a lot of Celtic influence
In fact Finn is Finbar Seamus Lawrence which my FIl mocks by saying
" so he is first a hero warrior, secondly an idiot and 3rdly a scholar hmmm"

But both my elder kids have Padriag and Niamh as middle names... respectively

I have Siobhan as a middle name, and my OH is 1st gen English from Irish parents

VinegarTits · 06/02/2010 21:18

i wonder who that could be bof

yes unless your guaranteed a blondie, its seems a bit silly, as Finn means fair/fair haired one

VoluptuaGoodshag · 06/02/2010 21:17

I chose mine after a hero in a book called the Silver Darlings which I read at school and the name stuck in my subconscious all those years.

VoluptuaGoodshag · 06/02/2010 21:16

Love the name and called my son Finn. It is an Irish/Gaelic name and is properly spelled Fionn but for ease of spelling it's just Finn and it so suits him. It means fair one.

FWIW I dislike it when someone gives a child a name because it's more traditional or acceptable but shorten it to the name they really want. Be bold.

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