Finley for a girl

[usernamo]

Thoughts on this?

It isn't unisex it's a.male name

I love it

Apparently in means "fair warrior" when used as a girls name

OP Just go for it. It's a lovely name and "fair warrior" is great. I have a bisexual name as did my husband. And I've always liked Julian for both sexes - the female one was the first to be in print in England.

I never had a problem with my unisex name.

@usernamo I really like it! I am one of Those who likes boys names for girls, I like Elliott for a girl. I got so much stick about it, I think it’s so feminine sounding as is Finley. I love Noa For a girl and know one.

So many on here use the argument would you call a boy ... it’s rubbish. If you like it go for it.

Apparently in means "fair warrior" when used as a girls name

It doesn't though. That's just the way that baby name websites make up meanings for names which mostly don't have meanings because they are, you know, names.

I love it 🥰

Can’t you just swap Eden and Finley ?? Either way it’s 2019 you could call her spider and it’d be fine

Not personally. I have a nephew called Finlay so that's probably why. Don't know any girls called Finlay.
I suppose it's a bit like when people use Riley as a girls name whereas I see it as a boys name.
Choose what you like

The first time I heard the name, it was used for a female character in a tv soap way back in the dark ages (Home & Away 1991 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finlay_Roberts ), albeit spelled ‘ay’ at the end, so I’ve always thought of it as a unisex name.

Finlay is fine for a girl, I'm wondering about diminutives and nicknames. "Finnie' or 'Fin' (or even FinnallFinnle, I can imagine fellow school children calling her that, or 'Finster'; it's friendly to have a nickname.

Finley is used for both boys and girls and in the US it is more popular as a girls name. I think Lisa Marie Presley has a little girl Finley?

Names change over time and Finley may well become a unisex or female name.

In the US more girls than boys are named Finley

Far far FAR too popular as a current trendy boy name to use for a girl. She'll almost certainly have a Finley/Finlay/Finlee (!!) in her class. Don't!

@NameChange30 yes very interesting points and I agree with what you’ve said. The thing is we do live in a patriarchy and it IS (as you say) much more acceptable (cool even!) to give boys names to girls than girls names to boys (practically illegal). What I love though is the thought of these little girls called Finley or Noah or Rory (I know two!) ending up in a class with a boy with the same name. That boys parents probably thought they picked the safest choice possible and li and behold a gasp girl has the same name. I love it! Let’s topple this patriarchy with names (I’m being silly now but hopefully you get my point in there somewhere) x

It’s not a unisex name though. It’s a boys name that a small amount of people have used for girls. There are so many lovely girls names I don’t know why people pick boys names for girls

Using a boy's name for a girl is not toppling the patriarchy. It's confirming to the idea that boys are cooler than girls.

As soon as a boy's name starts being used for a girl, people stop wanting to use it for boys, it becomes "a bit wet" (because of course feminine boys must be "wet").

*conforming

Well, you'd be setting your dd up for a lifetime of people being confused by her name. Maybe worth considering what life might be like for your dd if she turns out to be not traditionally "feminine", with a boy's name. Secondary age kids can be very cruel.

Kids are far more accepting of names than many adults on these threads. I know girls called Rory and Finley and other kids just accept these as their names.

And yes, in America Finley is mainly a girl's name.

As soon as a boy's name starts being used for a girl, people stop wanting to use it for boys, it becomes "a bit wet" (because of course feminine boys must be "wet").

Well, let's try to change that attitude.

Great! What girl's name are you going to use for your next baby boy?

Horrible

Finleigh?