Finlay

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I don't know where I stand on this one- I like like Finn as a nick name but I'm not sure if Finlay itself is a bit common. It's on hubbie's list at the moment, and I'm trying to decide.

gawd how awful it must be to have a child with a name in the top 60!

I don't know how they all live with themselves, as presumably there are a lot of them.

My 9 yr old Grand Daughter is called Finlay and we don't know any other little girls with this name.

I have a Finley, more often that not called Fin.

It is certainly more popular than I thought it would be. Ds2 is still the only Finley in his school though.

another vote for Finbar

Really, is Finlay a girls name?

there was a character in Home and Away called Finlay years ago who was a girl. That is the only one I've come across and not even real.
Finlay is a classic Scottish name that has become popular in England and Wales now as well. It is popular but not common IMO.
Findlay with a d comes from the surname but some people choose it as a first name - like a lot of Scottish names.
Finley does make me think of the fire engine character as prior to that I hadn't come across that spelling.
The odd spellings suggested by bubblagirl are odd IMO

it very common round here,but not in 'as muck'.

There are 12 boys as ds's pre-school, 4 of them are called Finlay.

Saying that,I didn't know of another child called Jake when we had ds, now there'sone everwhere we go.

A good way to tell what the popular names are at the moment is to go to the key ring/nameplate section in a gift shop and see what names are there. If you cant find a name plate/key ring with the name on then its not popular atm.

IMO if you make up your own spelling of a traditional name you just leave your child open to havng to spell his name out for the rest of his life (and judgy people thinking the parents cant spell!)

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Fionn is not just a different spelling, its a different pronounciation, its Fee-uhn, not Finn.
I like Finnian, as in rainbow.