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.

My daughter has a full on male name as her middle name.
Reason I didn’t use it for a boy is because….I don’t have a boy.

@aperolspritzbasicbitch I went to school in the late 80s with a girl called Claire and her middle name was Timothy.
Her parents wanted to honor her grandfather and they didn’t have boys.

I don't think that the name Finn in any way, suits a girl.
I got an image in my head of a Finn and it isn't one of a little girl.
I know that a lot of people don't like this name but I think Fiona is a pretty name, cheerful and sunny, not old ladyish as I've never known anyone named Fiona so don't identify it as such.
Too bad Finn isn't a nn for Fiona, but likely it's not a name under consideration.

Same reasons here - she absolutely loves it!

I wouldn’t use it for a first name for either sex though! 🤣

No. Just tell him no.i know these days anything goes but there are so many lovely names and Finn is a nice boys name. Not a unisex or girls name. I mean would u call ur daughter John ? I don’t think so

There's an Irish name, Finnguala. I used to work with one and she was always called Finn.

Fenna is a nice Dutch girl’s name!

haha yeah that’s what I was going to say, I thought Finlay was such a nice name until my mum said it was ridiculous that she had a boy’s
name 😂

Fiona is lovely though, she could be Finn for short

No. Don’t do it to her.

I know a Fee. Really pretty name.

I like Finn. Not keen on fiona

Fee is a really pretty name?
Can’t agree, I’m afraid.

It’s a no from me.

@Surroundedbyfools ,there was a John in What Katy Did, but she was really Joanna.

I’ve heard of a Finn short for Serafina. I think that’s kind of cool - a “masculine”/punchy short nn for an elaborately feminine first name (see also Rory for Aurora, George for Georgiana etc etc as there’s loads in that vein).

I must admit I’m not keen on Finn as a standalone name personally.

The Welsh spelling is Ffion, there will be plenty of those.

Ugh replied to the wrong thing, sorry. That's meant to be quoting whoever said there was one Fionn... Actually now I think of it any names below a certain number aren't given a specific stat because it's some kind of data protection breach. I think it's 3 kids or less in a year.

Nah

@Conkerjar , I did wonder what you were on about.

The 3 or more is the ONS data, OP is in Scotland.

3 Ffions, all girls.

I actually think it’s Fab 😊 , I have a Rudy , mostly a boys name , everyone admires it though she’s the only Rudy where we are , but there are no boy Rudy’s either …

Gotcha. Thanks! There were 87 in England/Wales in 2023. I missed the part about OP being in Scotland. Saw the comment about Iona after I posted mine 😄

This thread has reminded me of https://names.darkgreener.com/ - been a while since my last perusal. Checking in on some faves, which I'll never get to use unless there's some kind of miracle. Or more dogs. 😄

Isn’t it Seraphina?

Serafina is a well used variant spelling - just like Sophia vs Sofia. If anything it’s more popular than the Seraphina spelling internationally (just like Sofia).

I see. I just like the meaning- from seraphin.

Could Claud be short for Claudine..? I used to work with a lovely lady nicknamed Claud!