Quinn

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For a boy. Is this turning too girly? I am starting to really, really like it. Simple, short, strong, and I think it grows well. Opinions would be welcome

Quinn is definately better as a boys' name. It sounds harsh and masculine like Finn. I think it makes a nice alternative to the overused Finn imo.

Wee boy in my street is called Quinn, it's a lovely name, would never use it for a girl tbh, definitely a boy's name.

Quinn is a lovely boys' name, I also like Quentin, which I'd probably use on the bc.

Quinn on Glee was apparently the surname. I like it for a boy- it was on my shortlist!

The Mighty Quinn. Great song.

I love Quinn for a boy and wanted to use it for DC3, but DH wasn't keen on it unfortunately. I do love it though

Lottie, highly doubt quim will be a problem here in the US. To my understanding it's a British thing.

I've never heard of Quim (and I'm in the UK) ..

The Mighty Quinn! Great song and I love the name. Definitely a boy's name IMO.

I think of it as a boy's name - but - the only Quinn I actually knew (boy) loved to dress up in his sister's clothes so it doesn't exactly have masculine connotations for me. I am just one random person off t'internet, though.

I know a girl Quinn and didn't realize it was a boys name. She's a lovely child an as a result I love the name.

NO! 'quim' was my first thought.

Enough people here will know quim for it to be a very embarrassing name if he does come to the UK - a complete no-non as far as I'm concerned. How toe-curlingly embarrassing for a boy to find his name is like a slang word for girl's parts.
Perhaps you can get away with it if he stays on your side of the pond!

I agree with Greenwing . It would be a disaster.

Try writing the name 'Quinn'. You'll see the 2 n's could easily be misread as a 'm' = Quim.

Sounds a nice name. Reads as female genitalia - Not good.

A cousin in Canada called her girl Quinn. Our uncle, Canadian but based in London, was quite shocked, as quim was the overwhelming association. Perhaps an age or reading-related one as the term appears in literature but isn't commonly used in speech. It's not 'nice' word for vulva either, more like c*. I'd accept that lots of people don't know that though.

Reminds me of a women's clothes shop locally, called 'Gash' (similarly, I imagine you are either astounded by that, or you aren't...)

Thanks for all the input. The quim association, as I've said, bothers me not at all. It's more I was worried that it is soaring on the girls popularity chart. I still really like it and it's definitely a contender.

The 'quim' thing should bother you. Please don't use Quinn. Seriously.

I'm in the UK and have never heard of quim - honestly! Do people really use the word - and does the younger generation? I have never heard or read the word (but then I don't read a lot of literature ).

I know a little Quinn (he's about 8 now) and as far as I can tell, likes his name and has never been teased about it.

I don't use the word "quim" but then I don't use the word c**t either. But I certainly know it. I met a toddler Quinn, and my first thought was "Poor Kid! Embarrassing name!"

(from Eskimo Nell) :
Twas fair to state
It was not that great
Though it's strength lay deep within
And a better word,
Though seldom heard
Would not be c**t but quim....

So one of the classic filthy poems uses it, but says it's not commonly used, if that helps.

Its in some films. Heard it in Rob Roy.

Well our Quinn has not had anyone mention 'quim' and I also think it has a very different sound to it (I hope that most would pronounce them differently ). That is if people even know what quim is - I didn't .

I'm actually surprised so much fuss is made about a very rarely used word, quim - what about much more common words like Willy (William) for example, which imo is much more 'obviously' teasable....

Quim.

Of course I would never say 'Quim' to the parent of a child called Quinn. Nor would I call the child 'Quim'. But I would never be able to hear it or see it written down without thinking 'Quim'.

Quim.

I would also think 'Quim'.

"It's not 'nice' word for vulva "

It's not a word for vulva at all - it means fanny hair.

I thought it came from a welsh thing.. A big gash in the side of a mountain, geographical feature is called a quim, and that has somewhere in history been associated with the female parts. ! Or thats what I read somewhere near Snowden.