Which syllable do you emphasize in...

[CheerfulYank]

Fintan? And what are your thoughts on it?

Both!

Both, slightly more on the first, maybe.
nice name if you're Irish

Tan eg fnnTAN

Both. Like it but it's a Fin name and they're v popular here atm. Don't know about where you are.

I thought it was sort of both, treetrunk. :) MissAnthropy I'm in the US (midwest) and the "Fin" names are not huge here. I know one Finley; she's a girl.

I think "Finn" might explode though, given the popularity of Glee here.

I sort of guessed you were in the US.

In Ireland, the first syllable is emphasised - FINtan

I'd go with the Fin being emphasised more too.

FIN-tan.

I suspect that if you don't know, neither will anyone around you and you'd be best to avoid the name.

FIN-tan

I have a Finlay pronounced FIN-lay but I do tend to call him Fin most of the time.

I really like Fintan!

Well all right then, seeker. :o If we go with this for our (yet to be conceived, I might add :)) DS, he would be called Finn most of the time anyway.

FINtan definitely. Been calling a member of my family that for 20 years!