Is Ffion a boys name?

[mamablondie33]

So in my never ending quest to find the perfect boys name, I’ve noticed two different boys (on TV) called Ffion in the last day or so.

My question though is is it actually a boys name? I’ve only ever thought of it for girls, but I really like it. Or is it gender neutral?

I always believed it to be a girls name. I’ve only ever come across one and she was female.

Definitely a Welsh girl name, never heard it for a boy.

It’s definitely a Welsh girls name

But Fionn is an Irish boy’s name

Are you sure they weren't Fionn, which is an Irish boys name.

Ffion is definately a Welsh girls name

Apparently it means foxglove and is a girls name....I just googled it.

Fionn is an Irish boys name.

Definitely a Welsh girl's name - I'd find it very odd on a boy.

Very feminine to me.

Ffion (pronounced Fee-on)- Welsh girl's name
Fionn (pronounced Finn)- Irish boy's name.

Fionn is also pronounced Fyun.

I know of a Ffion female welsh name. Never heard it used as a male name xx

Ffion is a Welsh girls name meaning foxglove.

There is an Irish boys name, Fionn, which looks similar but is pronounced differently.

Fion is French slang for anus so don't use it if you are planning on emigrating there!

Our Fionn is a male builder, our Ffion is a female secretary.

Agree Ffion is a girl, Fionn a boy.

Fionn isn’t pronounced Finn in Irish. It’s Fyun.

@Anoisagusaris
It depends on dialect. It's pronounced like Finn in Ulster afaik. Native speakers in Kerry tend to say Fyune. The Fionns I know are Fyun all right though.

Fionn (pronounced Finn)- Irish boy's name

It's not pronounced Finn, that's a different name. Its more like Fee-yun if you say it fast

As pps have said, you might be thinking of Fionn, which is not pronounced like Finn IME.

It’s an Irish male name, I have only met one, a burley site engineer. He obviously hated it and wanted people to use his middle name.

Fionn is pronounced differently depending on where in Ireland you live, and whether or not Irish is your first language (it isn't for most).

The link below is a guide to the pronunciation of the word, not the name, but they're pronounced the same. These are pronunciations of Fionn by native speakers of different dialects. The Fyun pronunciation (ie the Connacht version) is also the pronunciation that's widespread in Munster and Leinster among those who don't speak Irish as a first language - so most of the country. I"m not sure about Ulster, but I've a feeling the Finn pronunciation is fairly widespread there among English as well as Irish speakers. It certainly comes up on these threads a lot.

www.teanglann.ie/en/fuaim/fionn

I'm not sure if this is the name you heard OP, but it's certainly a boys' name.

forvo.com/word/fionn/

Just to add to the confusion . I'd agree Fyun is now the most widespread way of saying the name Fionn in Ireland, but the other versions aren't wrong, just dialectal differences.

@OneKeyAtATime

Fion is French slang for anus so don't use it if you are planning on emigrating there!

I was coming to say this. Don’t use it!