Henrik or Finn?

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I have some Scandinavian background, but the surname is English. I wonder if we should go with Henrik or Finn? Which would you choose?

We have a Henrik, so I am biased but I love it ;-)

Be warned though. If you use it in the UK, it will get mis-spelt and mispronounced on a very regular basis.

How the hell are people misspelling and mispronouncing Henrik?!

Henrik! Makes me think of Henrik Ibsen

My friend’s son is called Henrik. I’d chose that over Finn.

Henry if they've misheard
Hendrick: we get that A LOTRY
Henrick

Henrik. Lots of Finns about. Be prepared though for a cross boy who can never find anything in gift shops with his uncommon name (mugs, key rings, room plaques etc.) I have 2, though they have enjoyed always being the only ones.

• A LOT

@shoobidoos

I see what you’re saying but Finn is at number 76 in the charts (817 babies)
Finlay is at number 156 in the charts (360 babies)
Finley is at number 30 in the charts (1900 babies)

Even totalling all those names....
It’s actually not that popular though I can well imagine there will be hot spots

A name like Oliver/Ollie/Olly - there are 6,000 babies each year. So even totalling all the Finn/Finlay/Finley etc etc it’s nowhere near the top spot

50 most popular names in 2019 in dk, suspect no. 9 is Oliver :

1. Willian
2. Noah
3. Lucas
4. Malthe
5. Oscar
6. Victor
7. Alfred
8. Carl
9. Olicer
10. Emil
11. Valdemar
12. Elias

13. Aksel
14. August
15. Elliot
16. Johan
17. Frederik
18. Felix
19. Anton
20. Arthur
21. Magnus
22. Mikkel
23. Alexander
24. Theo
25. Christian 26. Adam
27. Viggo
28. Villads
29. Lauge
30. Mads
31. Benjamin
32. Liam
33. Hugo
34. Nohr
35. Albert
36. Theodor
37. Storm 38. Loui
39. Mathias
40. Otto
41. Sebastian
42. Marus
43. Milas
44. Magne
45. Philip
46. Conrad
47. Villlum
48. Asger
49. Laurits
50. Sigurd

Well, I do think 3000 boys a year being called a variant of Finn is quite a lot .

@shoobidoos yes it is a lot but it’s not close to the top 10 is all I mean

The way everyone’s talking on this thread I assume Finn plus it’s variations must be the number 1 name or something!

There are well over 3,000 Henry’s by the way. (Which I think Henrick might get confused for fairly regularly)

I’d go with Finn myself

Henrik.
Finn is great but overpopular if you take Finley and Finlay into account.

Finn

@MikeUniformMike yes but if you see my stats (above) even with Finn Finlay Finley added together it’s still not as many as Henry (although I appreciate the name would be Henrick but it’s v similar)

Henry is more of a classic, which generally means it will be less likely to date.
I'm of an age where Darren and Gary were popular. I still like them as names but they do seem middle aged.
My name was quite unusual - not unheard of - but is now popular.

I hadn't considered the Henry, Henrick etc confusion.
Finn's great but it is a bit of a bad boy name.

Definitely Henrik - gorgeous name!

Two perfect examples of misspellings right here!

Two perfect examples of misspellings right here!

You realise that other countries and languages have their own spelling and naming conventions, right?

Finn is boring (as well as a person from Finland 🇫🇮)

I'd choose Henrik from these two, but also like lots of the other Danish names.

@MikeUniformMike Finn/Finlay has been in the top 100 for over 20 years now so hardly a fad name. In fact, Finlay was a top 100 name in Victorian times (in Scotland) and Finn is a true classic is lots of Scandinavian countries and of course Ireland.

Well, I know at least 10 Finns aged 15 and below. And I don't know a single adult one. I do therefore feel it's a very 'trendy' name that will inevitably start to sound dated as it falls out of fashion eventually.

Henrik is much more classic imo.

Which one sounds best with the surname?

Henrik definitely! Strong name!
Finn is very wet to me and a bit boring

@MissHenty if you add those numbers together you get 3000 placing it at 14th right underneath Henry that has 3100.

OP I am Scandinavian myself I don't like either. Finn is an old mans name and always the dull guys and Henrik makes me think of the late prince consort of Denmark.

I mildly prefer Henrik over Finn mostly because in the UK Finn is just So popular

Henrik