Thoughts on Finn?

[Lioncubs]

Is Finn a good name?

But Horry Finn and Finlay/Finley are not the same name . You can't lump all the Josephs and Jonathans together, despite them having the same prefix... well you can of course but you'd be wrong Of course some people abbreviate Finlay to Finn, but so too Finnbarr/Finbar, Fintan, Finnian, Phineas and even Fionnuala... You aren't saying these names should all be lumped together are you?

between Breaking Bad's Flynn and Glee's Finn, I also suspect it may be a very "now" name that will date. That being said there's nothing wrong with it, it's simple and strong.

I'm saying that every single Finlay I know is known as Fin(n) so in terms of how popular Finn seems you have to take into account every name that sounds the same day to day.

It's like using Emma-Leigh and complaining your DD gets confused with Emily S and Emilie J in her class.

Love it. Wish it went with our surname but it doesn't. Boo hiss.

Hundreds of them about these days. If there's no Irish connection it sounds a bit daft.

Fair enough, but I've got a four-year-old Finn (to go with a nine-year-old and a two-year-old - they are not called Finn, that would be odd but just to demonstrate that I am not limited to a four-year-old sample) and I genuinely only know one other Finn, who lives on a different landmass anyway. There are a few Finlay's about, but I've never heard any of them called Finn, so I guess it depends...

I do, however, know two other Kits (my youngest's name) within the teeny, tiny catchment of our London primary school, which encompasses about three streets .

Anyway, I think people get too hung up on the supposed popularity or otherwise of a name (which is clearly subjective, or area dependent). If you like it, go for it

and maybe that way we'd have fewer children lumbered with really ugly obscure names or made up monikers

Yes I agree. We are struggling with a boys name and I was hellbent on having a normal but uncommon name. The thing is, the popular names are popular for a reason, because they're lovely names.
As for nns My dd is Alexandra Violet and she's called Alex, Lex and Lexi. She'll chose what she wants to be called when she's older I guess.

Exactly Inglorious. A friend recently named his little boy Jack and I initially thought, 'oh no, it's so popular', but on reflection that's because it's a really, really good name

But Steve & Kevin were also 'lovely' names when they were trendy in the 1970s.

Steve and Kevin were never 'lovely'

That is what the next generation will say of Jack, Finn and Harry! These names will sound dated eventually.

Kevin was trendy though - came from nowhere statistically (in England) to high popularity. Jack and Harry have never been out of the top fifty ish. They might be having a spike of popularity but you could find 60yos, 40yos, and 20yos with those names in any pub or office in the country.

I think Finn will date more than Jack or Harry because it's risen more - I don't know any over twenty but lots under five.

I like it - cute

Finn has become very trendy - we didn't know a single one until about five years ago, now we know loads of little Finns.

And just as many find it 'lovely' or 'cute' it will eventually fall out of fashion again, like Kevin or Steve or Mike did a generation ago.

Names are not objectively 'lovely' if they are popular, they are popular because lots of people like the same name at the same time. Like with fashion - lots of like the same trends.

Personally I prefer more 'timeless' and 'classic' names and find Finn a little too overused now.

very very popular where I live - for boys and girls.

We know loads of Finns. To me it's overused and already a little dated.