Fionn

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So not for a baby, just a question out of curiosity. I met a guy the other day called Fionn (definitely written like that, and pronounced Fee-on, or at least he didn't correct me when I said it that way). I was surprised as I had expected a woman, thinking it was a different spelling of Ffion. Is it a boys name I've just never come across? Was I totally mangling the pronunciation?

As an Irish person Fionn is the Irish version of Finn and pronounced as such. As in Fionn mac Cumhaill.

I love it and would have considered it for the DS I'm about to have were it not for the popularity of Finn/Finley/Finlay here in the UK.

I've never heard of a boy/man called Fee-on. It doesn't sound very nice or masculine to me.

Oops. So it was pronounced 'Finn' then and I just mangled it

Yes it's pronounced Finn. Maybe he just didn't want to embarrass you?

not sure ...I know of a friends nephew called Fionn and pron. fee-onn...(Irish family)

that sounds more like how the family say it sillylass

It's not pronounced Finn.

It's Fyun !

Must be the North/South divide. It's definitely Finn in my part of Ireland.

Frank McCourt agrees

Oops

Is that an American site? I've never heard Fionn as Finn. 'fyun' all the way!

I'm from Southern Ireland and it's definitely pronounced fyun

Definitely pronounced fyun.

Yes silly lass is correct and it's definitely not Finn!

Fee yun or fyun in my part of ireland (western)

finn is finn.its the anglicised version of fionn.
baby names of ireland has it wrong in this case!

Definitely pronounced 'fyun' in my part of Ireland.

Lovely name.

Oh thanks! Fyun definitely sounds more masculine. It's actually quite a nice name. Unfortunately I definitely said Fee-on, like Ffion. Mainly because I thought I was looking for a woman so asked him if he knew where she was. Ah well, I'm sure he gets it a lot round here. And at least I'll know next time I meet one!

Fee-on is the Welsh girls name, Ffion, phonetically.

Bah, didn't notice your post op.

Fionn is a lovely name, not heard of it before.