Finn

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Is Finn ok on its own? Or is it too nicknamey like Ben/Tom/Sam etc..?

Sorry for all the posts, my best friend and I are both pregnant with boys and it's all we've talked about today!!

very popular

my delicious cousin is called finn, well finnbar, but everyone calls him finn.

fab name. so what if it's popular? my name has been in the top ten for over a decade and it doesn't bother me.

DS1 is called Finian, which I thought everyone would shorten to Finn, which I was happy about. But everyone calls him Finian, sometimes "Finti" at home. Maybe he'll be Finn when he's older - gorgeous name. And it means fair, and he is (and we knew he would be, or there'd be a divorce).

I like it, my nephew's name is Finn, he gets called Finny.
I think it is a nice name, reasonably unusual without being strange

Popular? But all the best names are unfortunately! It's not TOO popular, no one I know/know of have Finns. I'm not going to call my son Dexter just becasue it's unusual. Get over it!! Bah!

Fingal? As in Fingal's Cave.

Finn is nice, as is Finlay/Finley.

I don't like Finbar.

I know a woman who wanted Finn for a boy but when she had a girl she went for it anyway and called her Finty, which I also think is lovely!

If he's called Fintan or Finlay, no need to add an extra 'n' to Fin[n]; but Finn stands on its own, too
how about Finbarr?

I have a Finn. I think it's a great name and it always gets a positive reaction. Also, it's short, snappy, and easy to spell!

I found this quote when we decided to have a Finn - just so you know what a great character you'd be naming your son after - it's what Oisin is supposed to have said about the original Finn (ancient Irish warrior-hero type)

'I never saw a braver man. A king of heavy blows; my law, my adviser, my sense and my wisdom, prince and poet, braver than kings, King of the Fianna, brave in all countries; golden salmon of the sea, clean hawk of the air, rightly taught, avoiding lies; strong in his doings, a right judge, ready in courage, a high messenger in bravery and in music.'

Good eh?!

Your names are lovely, I think. We have a Fintan and he's always been horrified at having his name shortened to Fin. When his grandma tries it he tells her to stop. So he was a part-time Finbar for ages and now his sister calls him Finty all the time which suits him to a tee. A school-teacher friend who didn't know the name before loves it because she says it is perfect for shouting down a school corridor ...
It's certainly been roared a few times today.

I really like Finlo - many Manx names are really lovely and aren't common.

www.gov.im/mnh/heritage/library/publicinfo/manxNames.xml

This is the Isle of Man Government's website with a selction of Manx names

Like it. Ds2's friend at school is a Finn.

I love it - near the top of my list.

I know a child named Finn as he was definitely the last! (Fin as in "end" in French).