My son is called Finn and...

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I want to cry every time I read the baby names forum. He's one and I didn't realise it was so 'common' and 'over used' when I named him. I also didn't really think abound dating so badly... Probably should have done though!

I seriously want to change his name now but I won't because he knows it...

I need to stop thinking about his name but I can't!! Am I being over sensitive or should I really think about changing it to something more sensible and safe?

Don't worry you could, God forbid have an Oliver which a few people have pointed out would be the absolute worst name to lumber your child with...(btw I have one and am not changing his name despite the huge negativity surrounding this name on here..). Try to ignore it but believe me I know it's difficult...once I have my 2nd child (will also probably go for a classic top 20 name because I love the name and don't feel I should find a unusual name just because it appears to be the "in" thing to do) in about 2 weeks I will never come on this baby name thread again! I really don't think you should change your son's name because of opinions on here. Everyone has different tastes....and some names are more popular in certain places/schools etc...I mean 1 poster knows 50,000 Olivers...

For what it's worth I have a very popular name for my generation and I never felt upset/was teased because of this....at one stage 4 out of 22 girls in my class had my name...my Oliver has so far been the only one in his class and none of my friends/acquaintances have one...friends with unusual/trendy names did often have problems though and were teased...

Ignore those nasty judgemental bitchy comments. Please....

Montsti - I hope you are not feeling defensive about Oliver because of my post?

A few people have mentioned it...obviously the name has been particularly popular in the past few years but it seems to more often than not be brought up in a negative way...I know everyone has different tastes but I just find it a bit boring the way it is always picked on...

Anyway as I said I'll be off these threads in a few weeks as clearly I'm way too sensitive....!

I have one too. It is not "being picked on" don't be silly.

I really like the name Finn- it is a fantastic choice and lots of boys like having a reasonably well known name instead of something different.
We called DD1 'Niamh' because we liked it, only to find out that it is super popular around us so know a little of how you feel!

"It's not that popular anyway - it was 131st on the popularity charts in 2010, and only 462 little boys were given that name in that year in the whole of the UK (compared to 8,427 Olivers). I've never met a single one! So I think you're worrying unnecessarily."

But you really ought to add in all the Finlays, Finleys, Finnegans, Fintons, Finnians etc that go by the name Finn.

Finn is a gorgeous name-it is my 5 yr old dgs name and it isnt as common as Finlay but it is an old name [Irish] with heroic connotations Finn Mc Cool[sp].
It wont date,he'll never be teased about it and is as good for a man as for a child.

I have a Finn...I still love the name...it suits him...There were very few around when he was born 12 years ago...but that wasn't why we chose it...we chose it cos we loved it not because we thought he would be the only Finn in the world...I'm sure I wouldn't like the names of the people who don't like my sons name....But I really could care less....

Thanks everyone! Really great comments :)

My youngest is Finlay and gets called Finn, he is the only Finn i know and the only one at his school.

I love the name and i would have had it even if it was popular, its popular cause its a lovely name.

xx

FINLEY 2,189
FINLAY 981
FINN 462
FINNLEY 110
FINDLAY 36
FINTAN 34
FINNIAN 27
FINNLAY 24
FINBAR 16
FINNAN 14
FINLEIGH 11
FINLEE 9
FINDLEY 8
FINIAN 8
FINTON 8
FINNBAR 7
FINNEGAN 5
FIN 3
FINAN 3
FINLO 3
FINNIGAN 3
3,961

It's still not up there with Oliver!

It is a lovely name.

Once you start taking on board the opinions of MN it is a slippery slope. It is a gorgeous name for a lively fun loving handsome chappy. Stick with it.

Without delay, you need to stop reading baby name boards. You chose the name and it is now his name. The opinion of a bunch of strangers, this one included, is of no consequence.

I like Finn, and only know of one.

if it helps, dd1 has a "popular" name (inside the top 30 I think). We've never met another child with the same name in all her five years. dd2 has a much more "unusual" name (outside the top 200), yet we know of four other girls with that name locally.

I love Finn. I've never met one though, so not sure it's that popular.

It would be a very boring world if we all liked and chose the same names. I have 2 ds's with "chav" names and one with a dog/purple dinosaur name. I don't care what people online think, I love their names. I can laugh at people who don't like my kids names but if you are sensitive about it maybe you should stay away from the forum for a while.

i know how you feel. DS is Noah. we picked it because we wanted something unusual, uncommon and so there wouldn't be 3 in every class. i did check the top 100 (in ireland) and it was number 68 or something so not too popular, and i had never met one in my life.

3 days after i had him another girl i know had a Noah and the year AFTER we had him it shot up 35 places in the top 100, it was the highest riser that year. i was so annoyed. obviously whatever drew me to it attracted lots of others too and now there will be plenty of Noahs, albeit most hopefully at least the year behind mine in school!

i still LOVE it though and it suits him perfectly so no regrets!

I made a comment that it will sound dated to the next generation on the Finn/Logan thread, simply because the OP asked for opinions and so I gave mine.

I stand by the comment, but so what? I'm just a nameless, faceless random as far as you're concerned; we can't all like the same names (thank goodness, how dull and repetitive would that be?!) and believe me, you'd probably hate my DS's name.

We wanted to use Finn back when I was pregnant first time round (but we had a girl). Before we found out we were expecting a girl I started to go off the name because I just met so many. It doesn't help that Finley/Finlay/Finnian/Finegan/Finbar etc all abbreviate to Finn and I was meeting several and hearing of more being born. So yes I do understand why the popularity thing is an issue. It was very popular round here a couple of years ago and I can name quite a few Finns under 5.

BUT names become popular for a reason. Because they're nice generally. And if you pick a known name then it's likely that you'll meet others. It's sort of nice in a way. It makes me smile if I meet a girl with the same name as dd. I share a smile with the Mum because we both have excellent taste.

But don't worry about it not being 'safe'. It's not remotely wacky, out there, weird of even worthy of comment in terms of being strange or different. It's just been used a lot.

Finn's a great name.

By all means use the board to help you decide on a name, but having picked one that you love, why would you then give a damn what others think? You're a mum - you'll have tougher challenges than this to face!

FWIW I think Finn is a lovely name. And I'm not a fan of overly popular names. It's not too common but doesn't have a daft spelling - he'll never have a problem with spelling it to people over the phone. Does that make you feel better? :)

DD's name is in the top 30. I've met a fair few in the park and at play groups etc, but it doesn't bother me. It's a name I've always loved and it suits her down to the ground.

I remember meeting another school Mum at the museum and I said 'I love your daughter's name, my friend's daughter has the same name'. The mum launched into a diatribe about how she would never have named her child this if she had known how common it would become. In front of her dd (aged about 8) Weird.

Finn is lovely.