Mumsnet Logo
My feed
Premium

Please
or
to access all these features

Get updates on how your baby develops, your body changes, and what you can expect during each week of your pregnancy by signing up to the Mumsnet Pregnancy Newsletters.

Baby names

What do you think of...

10 replies

Breizhette · 21/02/2008 16:03

Flynn?
I am having a nightmare this time round. My husband is British so the name has to sound good in English and I am French so it needs to be properly pronounced here.

I have gone through 4 books and there's no name I really like.
Well I really liked Finn and so does DP but I have made the mistake of telling people about it and everybody hates it in France as it sounds too feminine.
So what about Flynn?

OP posts:
Report

LadyOfWaffle · 21/02/2008 16:03

I like Flynn. Thumbs up here

Report

coastalmum · 21/02/2008 16:04

loveley

Report

ConnorTraceptive · 21/02/2008 16:06

I like it

Report

Nancy66 · 21/02/2008 16:06

I prefer Finn to Flynn - but rather like them both. I can't see that Finn is in any way feminine, on the contrary I think it's very masculine sounding.
I think Elle MacPherson has a son called Finn. What about Finley or Felix - if you like the Fs?

Report

cushioncover · 21/02/2008 16:08

It's an ok name. Not to my taste but nothing wrong with it at all.

I prefer Finn though.

Report

Breizhette · 21/02/2008 16:11

I prefer Finn too but in French Finn is fine so it's not very masculine. I don't care so much but my family tells me it's a no-no. It's a bit rich considering the name they gave me (very unusual name that I have to spell every single time and that nobody has every heard before).

OP posts:
Report

branflake81 · 21/02/2008 16:12

Wouldn't Finn in French be pronounced like "fin" (fan)?

Report

Purlease · 21/02/2008 16:14

sounds alright but it's a surname.
Finn is alright - as an Irish person, I wouldn't consider it to be anything but a boys name.

What about Fabian?

Report

Lennsuey · 21/02/2008 16:15

Prefer Finn to Flynn, although neither to my taste.Felix is nice.

Report

Breizhette · 21/02/2008 16:16

It could be pronouced like in English which is like "fine" in French or "Fain" (don't really know how to spell it as the sound doesn't exist in English) which also mean fine but in the masculine gender or means "hunger" or "The end". "Fain" doesn't work here.

OP posts:
Report
Please create an account

To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.

Sign up to continue reading

Mumsnet's better when you're logged in. You can customise your experience and access way more features like messaging, watch and hide threads, voting and much more.

Already signed up?