Finn as a boys name?

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Do you like this? Ds1 Jacob.
Thoughts appreciated and would also love to know what teachers think ;)

Not keen. The trend in popularity made it a bit naff.
Plus I'd definitely think his full name was Finley/Finlay.

Finn is a full name.

The Legend of Finley Mac Cumhaill...

Sounds so wet.

My neighbour's son is called Finn. When he was born his sister told the teacher ' I've got a new baby brother. '
That's nice said teacher , what's he called? Long pause ....'er...Flipper!'

Cool name though . Cos of the legendary hero Finn MacCool.

I know so many. Really don’t like it.

Yup Finn is a full name . Fionn to be pernickety.

Fintan , Finlay, Finbarr all different. Just have the initial component derived from fionn = fair.

Finn as a name has nothing to do with Finland. It's the name of a hero from Irish mythology.

I far prefer it as a stand alone name over longer names shortened to Finn.

Personally I don’t like it but it’s not ridiculous like some names. my DD has an unusual name (not weird but not used much) which I obviously love but I wouldn’t be surprised if others didn’t like it. Oh

Love it! But then it is my baby sons name😀. It's short and sweet, although we do keep calling him Finny. I know a few Finleys in the town but only 1 other Finn.

Where do you live? It is v v popular in Scotland. Even when I was in school 25 years ago

Love this 😂

Short for Finlay?

I like it, by the way. It's just sounds uncomplicated, honest.

As far as i know its short for Finbar in Ireland. Not very popular at the moment. Can also be used as Fionn a legend in irish history

It’s very common. Much prefer Flynn.

Finn/Fionn is a nice and very normal name to me, being Irish.

No. As others have said Fionn / Finn is a standalone name.
Finbar / Fionnbarr is popular here in Cork as he is our patron saint as it were.

Flynn is a surname here so would sound a bit odd. But what do I know - look what happened to Kelly.

Finn came before Finlay. Such a British obsession, having a longer name.

Huckleberry Finn,

I love Finn. Unfortunately I ran out of sons to name so I ended up using it on the dog.

I love it. DS is friends with a Finn and he’s a lovely boy - head boy material. It’s gentle and strong at the same time imo.

Thanks everyone, I shift between loving it and agreeing with some of the more disapproving comments on here depending on the day haha. Also like Tom, I know it’s a bit bland and overused but seems short and sweet like Finn, OH prefers Finn,

Hmm…I don’t really like the longer Finlay/Finley for a boy it sounds like a name that will become Jody/Jodie and Ashley/Ashleigh aka more popular for girls in years to come…

That happens to names eventually though.

Beverley and Shirley were both boy's names in the past afaik.

I like Tom. Also Alf , as I have a nephew of that name. A few years ago it would have had comical associations. But there's a vogue for strong traditional names now I think.

Finn/Fionn are both full names in Ireland, from the legend of Finn McCool, nothing to do with Finland or being Finnish