Finley for a girl

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Thoughts on this?

Everyone will think it’s a boy.

I like it

It seems as if every other toddler boy is called Finley, so I wouid find it really odd for a girl

I like it. I know a little girl called Noah (that spelling), I think it’s really cool. Plus all the little Aurora’s with nn Rory!

Well, I dunno. Would you call a boy Fiona? If yes, then sure, why not? If no, then no.

Sorry but it's not a great boys name as it is. Why give your girl a boys name?

It is a celtic boys name Isn't it? at one point you couldn't move for Finn's/Finley's it's really up to you but I do think. You will be saying he is a she for a while.

Why not Finola, a traditional girls Gaelic name?

Sorry but no! I don’t think she would thank you years down the line.

There was a character on Home And Away years ago called Finlay who was a girl.Fin-lay not Fin-li

I genuinely thought it was a boys name.

As long as you don't mind daily telling everyone she's a girl, and then for her to have to correct everyone for the rest of her life then go for it. I personally haven't got a theoretical problem with girls/boys having boys/girls names but I do think there can be practical issues.

Yeah, it was my worry that it was too predominantly male.

It is unisex but it's been used for hundreds of boys a year and between 5-10 girls.

From someone who has a traditional boys name id avoid it , it gave me so much stress through school and introducing myself to new people .

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I don’t like it but I know one who is 20

I have only seen it spelled Finlay, and only as a boy’s name. I really don’t like it for a girl.

I think it's a boys name.

Finley isn't unisex. It's a boys' name.

I love it 🥰

It kind of works for a girl IMO, but maybe spelt Finlay

I love it as a boys name. I do also think it works as a girls name. But I just wouldn't now, due to the popularity. 15 years ago I would have said absolutely go for it, for either a boy or girl. But not now, sorry. It's just way too popular and the girl aspect just adds another dimension of hassle to it.

If you spelt it Finlay perhaps.

Well you'll fit right in with all the people giving boys' names to their girls, because girls' names aren't cool enough apparently

No one uses girls' names for boys! God forbid!

@NameChange30 well my favourite boys name is Eden and I was told on here how awful it was to give a boy a 'girls' name.

Better?

Case in point.
You were told not to use a girl's name for a boy.
And when you ask about using a boy's name for a girl, loads of people tell you to go for it.
Girls' names bad, boys' names good.
It's almost as if we live in a patriarchy...