Ok gloves off.....Finch......what do u think?

[DottieRose]

This is one that has been on the bottom of the list for some time but want to give it some thought before striking it off.....it's for a boy!

Yes, it depends also on whether you are looking for that Americana feel - echoes of the Great Gatsby and Harper Lee and Hemingway - or are simply keen on British birds.

Stiffler's mom. Don't.

Sorry it reminds me of the butler in The Adams Family. Or is that Fitch? Anyway, not nice either way IMHO.

Um... After a quick Google I see i was completely wrong about the above. Sorry. I blame pregnancy brain...

First thought was American Pie, second was birds. I'm not keen, sorry!

No. Sounds too much like Filch - which means to steal where I am, and reminds me of the unpleasant character in The Office.

I think the surname is important, as Wellies said upthread.

Finch Du Bois - possible Louisiana class act.

Finch Kennedy - yachting off Cape Cod.

Finch Lynch - get your head stoved in in Middlesborough.

Flair Du Bois is my favourite.

I love it!

It was Lurch, Viola.

Lurch Lynch is definitely not a good idea.

Yes yes, then younger sibling, Tit?

Sorry, but no.

Finch could go with Robin, Dove, Tern and Swallow. But that's more hippy than Martha's Vineyard Regal.

sorry sounds a bit more like a puppet or cartoon character to me.

I like it.

Or Fitz??

Swallow? You wouldn't, would you?

:o

Thumbs down from me I'm afraid.

Think I need to hide baby names for a while. People are mad there are some very unusual names about at the moment.

Screams American Pie to me, sorry!

It's a type of bird.

Like a bullfinch, chaffinch, goldfinch, greenfinch....

terrible

though I know a Wren, whic somehow seems to work. The kid's a dude.

I quite like it.

If you just learn a single trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.

Atticus Finch

The name also works well with Tufty. I think.

Tufty you are biased :)

I knew a Tuffet once.

mathanxiety, I know that boy, and his name is Frederick.
OP, I don't think Finch is a good name. However, if your baby looks a little bit birdlike, you could call him Finch as a nickname, if you really felt like it. That way you would have the pleasure of using the name, but he wouldn't be stuck with it for ever.