Finley...for a girl

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What do you think?

Middle name would probably be Grace (but open to suggestions!)

Sadly, name websites are often wrong. Fania does not mean 'free' in Latin.

A Latin girl's name meaning 'free' would be something like 'Liberta', but that was used to mean a female slave set free by her owner. 'Libertina' was a similar status description.

Fania is usually said to be a short form of Stephania, in which case it would mean 'crown' or 'garland'.

Sadly, name websites are often wrong. Fania does not mean 'free' in Latin.

Yup

Anything to do with meanings or history, then double check. Baby naming sites are often the worst culprits for inaccuracies, even sites like Behind the Name, which I think is quoted a lot here generally

I think Finley for a girl is really nice - though she would have a lifetime of being mistaken for a boy.

However that would not be the end of the world, and she wouldn't be the first!

Great. So tell me why I shouldn't call a boy Madeline?

Because it should have three "e"s not two!

I know a seraphin known as Phin.

I really like it, I think it works for a girl. If you like it go for it.

I don't like any Finn names, sorry.

There was a female character on Home and Away called Finlay, I don't recall anyone being confused about her gender identity! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finlay_Roberts

Bertrand Go ahead and call your son Madeleine, who said you couldn't?

(Though of course the reason girls can wear 'boys clothes' and have 'boys names' is because being a boy isn't seen as shameful and has no negative connotations in our society...)

I've always liked Fiona, nicknamed Finn. Boyish nickname with proper full name on the right sex.

I really like it. My dd uses a shortened version of her full name which is traditionally male. How can combinations of letters be boy or girl "sounding"?

I say go for it, OP. It's a lovely name.