Finn… for a girl

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DH has just announced that the name we would have used for a boy, he wants to use for DD. He loves it but I remain unconvinced. Tell me your honest opinion please, we are in Scotland.

Finn is no different than Quinn, which was a boys name until some parents started using it for their girls.

No. I went to uni with a girl called Ryan and she would turn up to job interviews, etc, and she had to explain who she was and why she wasn’t a bloke. She was exasperated from a lifetime of explanation, and she was only 19.

Finn, no. Fiona, no.
Fern? Quinn?
Why is your DH calling all the shots on what you’re naming the child you’re growing/will almost certainly take care of mostly yourself once she’s born?

Why?

Finn would be quite odd for a girl as it’s short for Finley/ Finlay.

I like Fionne more than Fiona Or even better with your Scottish heritage, Iona.

Fiona is much much better than Finn.
Ffion is also very nice.
But do you think it? You don't say what you think

What is wrong with a girls names though?
If a girl is given a traditionally male name It makes me think that the person naming the child felt that boys were better, stronger etc so they had to give their daughter a boys name.

Quinn was barely a first name at all for either sex until this century. Finn, or variations of Finn has been a boy’s name for ages.

No records found for babies called Fionne in England & Wales since 1996

Is it Gailge or Gaelic,and is it Finna, Feena, Feeonna or Fee-yon?

i knew a Finlay who was a girl. Never a Fin .

It's a bit strange for a girl to be honest. But lovely for a boy. It's too masculine to be unisex. Like how Blake Lively was ridiculed for naming her daughter James.

Apologies for the typo in Gaeilge.

Fee-on. It only came to my attention when William Hague( a politician) was quite prominent and his wife was Fionne. Just thought it was a lovely name.

They are separate names.

Quinn is a surname.

@Annascaul , so is Finn.

Ffion is the spelling- sounds like Fi-on. Welsh I think.
My mistake.

It probably gets mixed up with Fionn a lot. Ffion Hague is FEE-on

Ffion?

See above

Interesting, would probably take getting used to, but there's worse names out there!
I'd love to call a daughter James, but I know that'll likely get similar responses here

No

Absolute no! It’s a boys name. I don’t think your baby girl will thank you for lumbering them with a boys name for life. Would your DH like to be a grown man with a full on girls name - Poppy / Amelia or something? Might put things into perspective for him…

Why, though? If you love the name, why not for a son?