Do you like the name Fionn?

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Ffion sounds like Fionn? Since when?

I’ve only ever seen it spelt Ffion.
I love it though

Ahh. How do you pronounce fionn? Is it different to ffion?

Fionn sounds like fun with a y sound after the f. F'yun.

It's not the sound, it's the written form. They look very similar - one could easily be a mis-spelling of the other.

I don't think it really matters that it would be confusing in Wales/England. Should the whole of the UK confine themselves to names that won't confuse the English? Nah. I am intrigued to know how it is pronounced though!

I think everyone would wonder why he has a girl's name and pronounce it Ffion. I do quite like it but in England it would lead to spelling and pronunciation issues.

Cross post. I still like it. It's only 2 syllables so not exactly tricky for people to get their heads round even if you do need to correct them initially.

Why is Ffion okay in England, but Fionn isn't?

If I heard the name I would assume it was Ffion and a girl.
How else would you pronounce it other than fee-on?

As previously said - Fun with a y after the f

Why is Ffion okay in England, but Fionn isn't?

Because Ffion is better known and the pronunciation is obvious. It is a nice name but in England you are setting him up for a lifetime of having to explain the spelling and pronunciation which is very very dull and no fun. I speak from experience.

Is the pronunciation of Ffion obvious? I don't think so. The first time I heard the name spoken aloud was when William Hague got married and I thought 'oh, that's how you pronounce it'.

Well as someone who also has an unusual name that people struggle to spell and pronounce, it's really no big deal. Especially when it's a short, 2 syllable name with no unusual sounds. If you were talking about a Welsh name like Llyr then I can imagine it being incredibly painful trying to get people outside Wales to pronounce the Ll sound when they don't have it in their alphabet. F'yun isn't exactly a tongue twister though is it?

My godson is called Fionn (Irish spelling Fiónn - sounds bit like Fi-yun). I love it 😊

My best friend's son is Fionn. They are Irish, we live in Australia. Lots of confusion in pronouncing it. I do like it though.

Irish spelling is Fionn. Fiónn is................wrong

Fiónn would sound like phone with a y after the ph. Ph'yone.

Fionn is a fabulous name. If the English learned to pronounce Ffionn, they can manage Fionn.

Do you like Fionan?

Fwiw, I don't think pronunciation is the issue; I know how to pronounce it. I just don't like it.

If all you're worried about is pronunciation then I'd say go for it as it isn't exactly hard to pronounce. Easier than Hermione or Phoebe and they are accepted names in England. People will get used to it.

Up until half way through the comments I assumed we were talking about the Welsh girls name Ffion. Unfortunately I think when many people read it they will initially make the same mistake. However I'm sure that happens with female Alex and Ashleys too

I didn’t know how to pronounce it (I too mistakenly assumed it was a variant on Ffion) but now that I do, I dislike it.

OP this thread is the perfect example of why this is probably a hard one to carry off.

Practically nobody is at all familiar with the Irish boy's name Fionn, pronounced (roughly sort of ) like Finn.

There is enough familiarity with the Welsh girl's name Ffion for a lot of people to immediately start blethering about Ffion and have you spelled that right? and oh I thought it was a girl's name? and oh hello Fee-on I expectecd you to be a girl! etc. etc.

Lovely name, up to you if it's worth the hassle, personally I think yes, it's great.

Love it!

Love it and I'm Irish.

Dunno why people think it's hard to pronounce - not like they have to learn names in other languages other than English nowadays