Thoughts on Finn?

[Lioncubs]

Is Finn a good name?

[WinterHoliday]

I really like it as a name in its own right and have done for years. Some friends have named their son Finlay (or possibly Finley) but always call him Finn. It seems to be getting very popular now.

[mummyloveslucy]

It's o.k, but there are so many in my daughters school. There are at least 2 in every class!

[poppydaisy]

Ten years ago I didn't know a single Finn.

Now I know at least 10 Finns (all a variant of Finley, Finlay, Fintan, Finnian etc) so find it overused and fear it may start to sound dated as it falls out of favour again.

[sonniboo]

Loads of little Finns around here. I'd prefer a more 'timeless' name.

[clr2014]

It must depend on where you are...I don't know a single Finn in RL. If it's v popular where you are that would put me right off...

[eatyourveg]

I know a ffinlo, nn ffin its a manx name. No capital where there is a double f apparently

[janey68]

Nice enough but very popular as others are saying

[Lioncubs]

Wow I don't know any

[WhatAPredicament]

How about F enn?

[thegreylady]

My gorgeous 7 year old grandson is Finn.In his school there is a Finlay and a Finley but no other Finns.It is a perfect name in its own right and can't be shortened.He loves his name which is fairly important too.

[ch1134]

Yep - just to reiterate what others have said as you seem surprised. I teach a lot of Finn's. But I do think it's a great name.

[ZippityDoodahday]

Shark fin

[Sleepthief]

One of the three (soon to be four) greatest boys names ever . Mine's a Finnbarr for long

[GaryBuseysTeeth]

If you swing a cat around a school,nursery or playgroup here you'd hut a Finn or an Oscar!
To me it just sounds like a bit of a fish (sorry).

[Finbarfinbo]

I love it!

[FTRsMammy]

My DS(5) is Finlay, Finn for short.
When I had him there wasn't many Finlays/Finns but it's more popular now, for obvious reasons I think it's lovely

[Sleepthief]

It didn't even make the ONS top 100, so can't be that popular

[HorryIsUpduffed]

Sleep I'm not at my laptop where I have the consolidated data, but if you add up all the Fin/Finn/Finlay/Finley they add up to a lot and leapfrog a lot of other "only one spelling" names.

[NotAQueef]

I love it.
Though, I seriously can't believe how popular it (and its variants) has become according to mumsnet.
When I named DS almost 3 years ago I hadn't met anyone in real life called Finn/Finlay/Finley etc. Have since met a Finley at ds' nursery.
Still never met anyone with ds' full name - Finnegan. According to ONS 5 others with that name each year since he was born.

[NotAQueef]

I think of Finn McCool and possibly Finn from hollyoaks in the 90s

[usualsuspect]

Love Finn.

Cool name.

[Spottybra]

I think it was 34th last year. I'm biased and think its a great name. There are no others in his year.

[WhatAPredicament]

A bit off topic but where can you access the full list of names given in a year? I can only find the summary data on top 100 names etc?

[ThreeMyselfAndI]

I love it