Finnegan for a boy?

[babyboy2018]

Just wanted thoughts on the name Finnegan? First baby ds due later this year. Always loved this name and dp onboard.

It's a surname here in Ireland. I've never seen it used as a first name. I don't like it, though I do like Finn very much.

But your baby, your choice.

Agree with Drama, an Irish surname think Finn or Finley is much better sounding, Finnegan just seems a bit odd.

Finnigan not finnegan surely? Also not a first name. Finlay is much better.

Or fintan.

When I hear it I follow it up with 'wake' in my
mind, and that's despite the fact I know it as a surname.

So it's quite a maudlin, if literary, connection for a baby to carry around.

I think of Michael Finnegan begin again.

I love Finn, Fingal and Fintan, not liking Finnegan.

Yep it's a surname. Are you Irish? If not, why would you want to give your child a surname from another culture as its first name?

Poor old Michael Finnigan Begin Again

Poor old Michael Finnegan.

I immediately thought of vinegar.

Micheal Finnegan. If he grows up to have whiskers on his chinegan he won't love it down

*live. Not love 🙄

It makes me think of vinegar too.

My mind immediately jumped to Judy....

There was an old man called Michael Finnegan, he grew whiskers on his chinnegan...

I really dislike it. It's a bog standard surname here in Ireland.

...the wind came out and blew them innegan, poor old Michael Finnegan. Begin again...

I don't like it. Sounds more like a surname and reminds me of vinegar for some reason.

I think it's cool. you don't have to be Irish to choose a name, sometimes you can just like a name there doesn't have to be a reason! Go for it x

It's a surname, you'd not find a boy here in Ireland with it as a first name. Very similar though is Finian, that is a proper name.

Michael Finnegan here too I’m afraid..

What about Fintan or Finbar?

I love Finn, Fingal and Fintan, not liking Finnegan.

I think I'd prefer Finnegan over Fingal. Fingal just makes me think of the County Council....

Fingal is also not an Irish boys name.

We had two highland cows when I was younger called Finnegan and Sanchez, so now it reminds me of them.

Also, Seamus Finnegan from Harry Potter.

Does it go with your last name? I had a friend called Mitchell David and everyone took the mickey out of his back to front name. And yeah Michael finnegan sorry

Maybe Finnian?